Open AccessMale breast carcinoma and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Sunder Goyal,
Snigdha Goyal,
Gulshan Garg
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archives of medicine and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-6085
pISSN - 2321-4848
DOI - 10.4103/2321-4848.144339
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , breast cancer , male breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , disease , breast carcinoma , oncology , carcinoma , gynecology , cancer , dermatology , physics , optics
Male breast cancer is a rare disease with unclear etiology. Its incidence is about 0.5-1%. Usually, these male patients present in advance stages due to non-specific clinical features and due to lack of awareness. Treatment scheduling is similar to female breast cancer