CDC: One-Year Survival 96.1 Percent for Male Breast Cancer
Relative survival varies by stage at diagnosis, from 98.7 to 25.9 percent for localized and distant stage, respectively.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Breast Cancer in Men: Examining Treatment Patterns and Prognostic Factors
Researchers examined treatment patterns and prognostic factors in male breast cancer.
Early Stage Still Important Prognostic Indicator in Nonmetastatic Male Breast Cancer
A meta-analysis of 222 men with nonmetastatic male breast cancer confirmed that disease stage at diagnosis remains an important prognostic factor.
Screening for Breast Cancer in Men Has Increased Over Time
Risk higher for older age, Ashkenazi descent, genetic mutations, and personal, first-degree family hx.
FDA: Men Should Be Included in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
Draft guidance that men be included in breast cancer trials issued by the FDA.
Taxane-based Chemotherapy May Diminish Balance, Gait in Breast Cancer Survivors
Breast cancer survivors who received taxane-based chemotherapy for their disease are at increased risk for falls due to CIPN and treatment-associated effects on balance and gait.
Treatment for Breast Cancer in Men Differs From Treatment for Women
Male breast cancer patients are less likely than their female counterparts to receive adjuvant hormone therapy and postlumpectomy radiation.
Optimal Delivery of Male Breast Cancer Follow-up Care: Improving Outcomes
[Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy] This review examines clinical characteristics of male breast cancer and best practices for long-term care with a focus on surveillance, screening, and treatment-related symptom management.
Breast cancer has different biological characteristics and outcomes in men and women
Results from the largest series of male breast cancer cases ever studied shows improvement in male survival, but not equal to that seen in women with breast cancer.
Men with breast cancer: The experiences and challenges of living in a pink ribbon world
Breast cancer affects men as well as women, and the men who live with and survive breast cancer have a number of gender-specific adjustments to make.
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