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Male Breast Cancer: Treatment Trends, Reported Outcomes, and Suggested Recommendations
- Source :
- Cureus
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Cureus, Inc., 2021.
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Abstract
- Male breast cancer (MBC) is unfamiliar to most men, and its optimal treatment options are not well recognized by many treating physicians. The lack of MBC specific clinical trials contributes to the limitations of understanding MBC specific pathology, treatment options, and outcomes. This state-of-affairs contribute to perpetuating the use of treatment methods derived from our existing knowledge of female breast cancer (FBC). Previous studies demonstrate that men are often undertreated or disproportionately treated using more invasive surgical procedures even in the early stages of MBC. The purpose of this investigation was to thoroughly discuss current MBC treatment options, provide an evidence-based summary of their outcomes, note recent improvements, discuss important considerations and recommendations. Our goal is to aid the treatment decision process for patients and treating physicians.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
breast conservative therapy
treatment outcomes
male breast cancer
Internal Medicine
medicine
sentinel lymph node biopsy
skin and connective tissue diseases
Intensive care medicine
business.industry
Optimal treatment
General Engineering
mastectomy
Treatment method
Treatment options
Surgical procedures
medicine.disease
surgical procedures
Clinical trial
Oncology
General Surgery
Male breast cancer
treatment recommendations
Treatment decision making
business
Mastectomy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21688184
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cureus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a5e36d6cb5610b3224abf2c0620b1877