An unusual case of advanced bilateral male breast cancer
D Karan, K Zwiefel, HG Bender, S Mohrmann · Senologie - Zeitschrift für Mammadiagnostik und -therapie · 2007 · Heft 09
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Breast cancer in men is a rare malignancy. The majority institutions involved in treatment of male patients with breast cancer do not have a wide experience as it is mostly based on single cases rather than clinical studies. Case report: We report an unusual case of a 46 years old male patient presenting with a 6 years history of breast cancer. The patient was diagnosed with cancer of the left breast and surgically treated with modified radical mastectomy with no axillary dissection in the district general hospital. The reason for not doing axillary dissection is unknown. Adjuvant therapy consisted o…