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most prominent risk factors for breast cancer are age and gender. Men
can develop breast cancer, but women are 200 times more likely to develop
breast cancer than men. This website is dedicated to the men who have
been forgotten in the worldwide fight against this disease. |
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In general,men tend to be somewhat older than women at the time of diagnosis, and the disease is often at a more advanced state. Like women, men are commonly treated with surgery for primary disease. For advanced disease, they usually receive some kind of hormone therapy, which is even more effective in men than in women. Men are less likely than women to develop cancer subsequently in the opposite breast, but more likely to have , or to have had, a second type of cancer. In the past, men were thought to have a poorer prognosis than women, but it now appears that in cases that are otherwise comparable any differences in prognosis are slight. The critical factors are prompt diagnosis and treatment. |
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In certain parts of the world male breast cancer is more common than in the United States. Such geographical variances are probably linked to other disorders endemic to those areas. In the United States male breast cancer accounts for 1 of every 100 cases of breast cancer, and it represents about 0.2 percent of all malignancies in men. |
Types | Symptoms | Delayed diagnosis | Male breast | Risk factors
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