All of the types of breast cancer seen in women can occur in men, although some are quite rare. Not surprisingly, lobular carcinomas are very unusual, because lobules are normally absent from the male breast.
Almost all breast cancers in men,
like most breast cancers in women, are carcinomas. The most common kind is infiltrating
ductal carcinoma, which accounts for 73 percent of the cancers in men. Men can
also develop Paget’s disease and inflammatory carcinoma. Various sarcomas
may occur, too, although they are uncommon.
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