Male Breast Cancer: a review of risk factors
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Research and Healthcare - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Male breast cancer (MBC) is so rare and uncommon that every year in USA and UK, only 0.5-1% of the patients diagnosed with breast cancer are men and among all men's cancer-related deaths less than 0.1% are caused by MBC. In this review article the most important and well-known risk factors of MBC including age, race, genetics and family history, ratio of estrogen to androgen, hormone receptors, Klinefelter's Syndrome, Cowden's Syndrome, life style, and environmental exposures are discussed.
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Seyed Hesam Addin Bani Hashemi
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