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Male Breast Cancer - What You Should Know About!
By Fritz Frei, Thu Dec 8th
Have you know, that the can also catch the man?Yes - it's really true! Have a look on the last news! The special Risk Factors for Male - Onlyapproximately 1-1.5% of all cases occur in men. -Several risk factors have been identified that make some menmore likely to develop than others. These risk factors include: The Age: The average age of mendiagnosed with is between 60 and 70 years old. Thehistory of the family: - 20% of men with haveclose female relatives who have (or have had) breast cancer.
The Radiation exposure: - Prior exposure to radiation (usuallyfor treatment of a cancer) is a risk factor for male breastcancer. The Liver disease: - If the liver is normal function, she helpswith hormone metabolism by binding proteins that carry hormonesin the blood. If the Man's has liver diseases such as cirrhosis,they tend to have lower levels of androgens (male hormones) andon the other hand a higher estrogens levels (femalehormones).This reality puts them at an increased risk ofdeveloping gynecomastia (non-cancerous tissue growth) and breastcancer. Symptoms Male Breast Abnormalities - The most male breastchanges are due to benign (non-cancerous) abnormalities, such asgynecomastia (non-cancerous tissue growth) - So, the men shouldreport any persistent breast changes to their physicians forclinical evaluation. -The Symptoms of male mayinclude: -a breast lump, -swelling, -skin dimpling or puckering,-nipple retraction (the nipple turns inward), -redness orscaling of the nipple or breast skin, -and nipple discharge. How to treating Male This
will be depending on the type and stage of breast cancer. The following treatment will most likely be used: Surgery - Radiation therapy - Chemotherapy - Hormone therapy About the Survival Rates for Male Breast Cancer Today, the survival rates are similar the women cancer, when thetreatment of the tumour begins at the same stage. Anyway, themale tends to be diagnosed in later stages thanfemale breast cancer. The following chart is an approximate survival rate for eachstage of breast cancer. The percentages are only averages. Thechances of survival will differ for each man depending on hisown medical situation and several other factors, including newtreatment options, how he responds to treatment, etc. STAGE 1 TUMOR SIZE less than 2 cm No Lymph Node 5yearSurvivalrate 100 % STAGE 2 TUMOR SIZE Between 2-5 cm No LymphNode 5year Survivalrate 95 % STAGE 3 TUMOR SIZE More than 5 cmNo Lymph Node 5year Survivalrate 84 % STAGE 4 TUMOR SIZE notapplicable YES 5year Survivalrate 52 % All about the Planning Treatment and the Research More about this you get it on AdditionalResources and References ·The American Cancer Society providesinformation on male at ·The National Cancer Institute provides information on malebreast cancer at ·The University ofPennsylvania's Oncolink document, "NCI/PDQ Physician Statement:Male Breast Cancer," is available at About the author:Fritz Frei - since more than 25 years in the Health-ConsultingBusiness - he has build up different rehabilitation groups andoffer now in the network the easy information about a betterhealth and life. http://www.cancer-info.info
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