Cancer of the male breast: analysis of forty-three cases in Ibadan, Nigeria. 1987

P U Aghadiuno

Male breast cancer accounts for 0.4% of all male neoplasia in Ibadan, and about 3.4% of all breast cancers in both females and males. The clinical features often presented include mass in breast, skin involvement by fixation and ulceration, sanguinous and serous discharge from the nipple. Symptoms are often delayed, the longest duration in the current series being 36 months. Geographical comparison of the histological types of male breast cancer appears to show that, while papillary carcinoma is commoner in Nigerian than in American and Danish males, on the other hand, infiltrating duct carcinoma appears much more common in the latter than in the former male races. Invasive lobular carcinoma occurs more in Nigerian than in American and Danish males. Mucinous carcinoma, on the other hand, appears much more common in the Danish than in the Nigerian and American males. In all the compared races, prognosis in male breast cancer appears to depend on the age at onset of the disease, the histological type, and presence or absence of lymph node metastases. In Nigerian males mucinous carcinoma appears to offer an excellent prognosis compared with papillary carcinoma, which has better prognostic features in American male patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009549 Nigeria A republic in western Africa, south of NIGER between BENIN and CAMEROON. Its capital is Abuja. Federal Republic of Nigeria
D001943 Breast Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST. Breast Cancer,Breast Tumors,Cancer of Breast,Breast Carcinoma,Cancer of the Breast,Human Mammary Carcinoma,Malignant Neoplasm of Breast,Malignant Tumor of Breast,Mammary Cancer,Mammary Carcinoma, Human,Mammary Neoplasm, Human,Mammary Neoplasms, Human,Neoplasms, Breast,Tumors, Breast,Breast Carcinomas,Breast Malignant Neoplasm,Breast Malignant Neoplasms,Breast Malignant Tumor,Breast Malignant Tumors,Breast Neoplasm,Breast Tumor,Cancer, Breast,Cancer, Mammary,Cancers, Mammary,Carcinoma, Breast,Carcinoma, Human Mammary,Carcinomas, Breast,Carcinomas, Human Mammary,Human Mammary Carcinomas,Human Mammary Neoplasm,Human Mammary Neoplasms,Mammary Cancers,Mammary Carcinomas, Human,Neoplasm, Breast,Neoplasm, Human Mammary,Neoplasms, Human Mammary,Tumor, Breast
D006177 Gynecomastia Enlargement of the BREAST in the males, caused by an excess of ESTROGENS. Physiological gynecomastia is normally observed in NEWBORNS; ADOLESCENT; and AGING males. Adolescent Gynecomastia,Infant Gynecomastia,Male Breast Enlargement,Newborn Gynecomastia,Breast Enlargement, Male,Enlargement, Male Breast,Gynecomastia, Adolescent,Gynecomastia, Infant,Gynecomastia, Newborn
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000367 Age Factors Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time. Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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