Diagnosis and treatment of male breast cancer / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Objective: The morbility of male breast cancer is lower than female breast cancer.The treatment effectiveness of male breast cancer is worse than female breast cancer.There were fewer studies on male breast cancer.The aim of the paper was to study the clinical characteristics,diagnosis,treatment and the prognostic factors of male breast cancer.Methods: To analyze the clinical data of 2 cases of male breast cancer and 409 cases collected from past articles retrospectively.Results: All cases received surgery treatment.After operation,all cases were treated by adjuvant treatment including radiotherapy or/and chemotherapy or/and endocrine treatment.The major pathological type was infiltrative non-specific cancer.Estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor are positive in most cases.Cases in stage Ⅰ were fewer,more cases were in stageⅡor stage Ⅲ and stage Ⅳ.Prognosis are more better in stage Ⅰ patients than in stageⅡ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ patients.Conclusion: Male breast cancer has the following clinical characteristics lower incidence,older age,longer course,higher malignancy and poor prognosis.The operation combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy and endocrine treatment was a better method to treat male breast cancer.