CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 41, Issue 6 339-354, Copyright © 1991 by American Cancer Society
Cancer of the breast in men
W. L. Donegan
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
As knowledge grows about breast cancer in men, it becomes apparent that the
disease is strikingly similar to that seen in women. Although rare, as is
cancer in most vestigial organs, all indications are that it shares a
common etiology and a similar natural history with breast cancer in females
and that apparent differences between the diseases in the two sexes are
minor or illusory. The poor prognosis of men in the past promises to yield
to better public and professional education about the value of prompt
recognition and treatment. Fortunately, the lessons learned from treatment
of women are also applicable to men, and in comparable stages men prove
equally curable.
