Open AccessMale breast cancer: a disease distinct from female breast cancer
Author(s) -
Ayca Gucalp,
Tiffany A. Traina,
Joel R. Eisner,
Joel S. Parker,
Sara R. Selitsky,
Ben Ho Park,
Anthony Elias,
Edwina Baskin-Bey,
Fátima Cardoso
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
breast cancer research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.908
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1573-7217
pISSN - 0167-6806
DOI - 10.1007/s10549-018-4921-9
Subject(s) - male breast cancer , breast cancer , medicine , oncology , disease , cancer , epidemiology , clinical trial
Male breast cancer (BC) is rare, representing approximately 1% of cancers that occur in men and approximately 1% of all BCs worldwide. Because male BC is rare, not much is known about the disease, and treatment recommendations are typically extrapolated from data available from clinical trials enrolling female BC patients.