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A Breast Cancer in a Man in Ndola-Zambia: A Short Case Presentation

Abstract

Mugala DD, Benaya C and Simutowe M

Men Breast Cancer (MBC) is uncommon and occurs after the age of 60 years. Among men Prognosis is poor as Prognosis a course of a medical condition is discovered at a late stage. where Infiltrating ductal carcinoma accounts for (70-90%) of male breast cancers. In situ but not invasive carcinoma is exclusively ductal, and it accounts only 7% of the breast cancer cases in males. It is observed that 50-75% of breast cancer cases are spread to lymph nodes. The etiology of male breast cancer is unknown. An excess risk has been associated with the testicular disorders, benign breast disease including gynecomastia, Klinefelter syndrome, etc., Preliminary evidence suggests that BRCA2 is a strong cause. The carriers of the males with BRCA2 mutation have an increased lifetime risk of breast cancer with 80-fold in it. It is also known that there is also a risk of breast cancer associated with undescended testes and it is also related to orchiectomy, orchitis, testicular injury, etc., with an increasing number of children the decreasing trend in risk was observed gradually. Where It is also known that Liver cirrhosis is associated with increased levels of estrogens possibly via high levels of endogenous estrogens.