Male breast cancer: a disease distinct from female breast cancer

A Gucalp, TA Traina, JR Eisner, JS Parker… - Breast cancer research …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Male breast cancer (BC) is rare, representing approximately 1% of cancers that
occur in men and approximately 1% of all BCs worldwide. Because male BC is rare, not …

[HTML][HTML] Male breast cancer: risk factors, biology, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship

KJ Ruddy, EP Winer - Annals of oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Background The causes, optimal treatments, and medical/psychosocial sequelae of breast
cancer in men are poorly understood. Design A systematic review of the English language …

[HTML][HTML] Male breast cancer: genetics, epigenetics, and ethical aspects

P Rizzolo, V Silvestri, S Tommasi, R Pinto, K Danza… - Annals of oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Background and study design Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare disease compared with
female BC and our current understanding regarding breast carcinogenesis in men has been …

Genetic landscape of male breast cancer

FAB Campos, E Rouleau, GT Torrezan, DM Carraro… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Male breast cancer is a rare disease, representing around 0.5% of the
malignances in men. Although they receive the same treatment as women with breast …

Male breast cancer: from molecular genetics to clinical management

M Pensabene, C Von Arx, M De Laurentiis - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare disease. Genetic factors predispose to
male breast cancer. Germline and/or genetic and/or epigenetic alterations at the somatic …

Gender-Specific Genetic Predisposition to Breast Cancer: BRCA Genes and Beyond

V Valentini, A Bucalo, G Conti, L Celli, V Porzio… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The role of gender in oncology is an issue that is starting to be recognized
as being of extreme importance in the last few years. While breast cancer is commonly …

The cancer genetics and pathology of male breast cancer

S Deb, SR Lakhani, L Ottini, SB Fox - Histopathology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Male breast cancer (MBC) is an uncommon and poorly understood disease. Recent
molecular studies have shown important differences from female breast cancer which are …

Inherited and acquired alterations in development of breast cancer

P Rizzolo, V Silvestri, M Falchetti… - The application of clinical …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, accounting for about 30% of all
cancers. In contrast, breast cancer is a rare disease in men, accounting for less than 1% of …

Germline investigation in male breast cancer of DNA repair genes by next-generation sequencing

R Scarpitta, I Zanna, P Aretini, G Gambino… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose In order to better define the breast cancer (BC) genetic risk factors in men, a
germline investigation was carried out on 81 Male BC cases by screening the 24 genes …

Detection of a large rearrangement in PALB2 in Spanish breast cancer families with male breast cancer

A Blanco, M de la Hoya, J Balmana… - Breast cancer research …, 2012 - Springer
It has been demonstrated that monoallelic PALB2 (Partner and Localizer of BRCA2) gene
mutations predispose to familial breast cancer. Some of the families reported with germline …