Breast cancer in men •
Updated 2012 Aug 01 02:54:00 PM: incidence of breast cancer about 1-1.2 per 100,000 men per year in United States (American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2011-2012) view updateShow more updates
Related Summaries: • Breast cancer (list of topics) • Breast cancer in women • Physician Quality Reporting System Quality Measures General Information Description: • male breast cancer Types: • 85% infiltrating ductal carcinomas • review of juvenile secretory carcinoma of breast (rare breast cancer with mean age of presentation 10 years) can be found in Pediatric Surgery Update 2006 Jun;26(6):3 Who is most affected: • mean age 59 years Incidence/Prevalence: • incidence of breast cancer about 1-1.2 per 100,000 men per year in United States o based on US data 1975-2008 o about 2,140 cases of breast cancer per year expected to occur in men (accounting for about 1% of all breast cancer) o about 450 men will die from breast cancer each year o Reference - American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 20112012 PDF • global standardized incidence rate 0.4 per 100,000 person-years o based on cohort of 2,665 men diagnosed with breast cancer followed up to 30 years o Reference - J Clin Oncol 2011 Nov 20;29(33):4381 Causes and Risk Factors Causes: • occurs after exposure to high radiation levels or estrogenic hormones (for example, prostate cancer treatment) Likely risk factors: • risk factors include o advanced age o positive family history o Jewish origin o black race