It is important that information and education be readily available to the male patient as well as the female patient. Interestingly, it talks about most men's breast cancer being located behind or adjacent to or growing into the nipple thus necessitating a mastectomy, Men routinely present with larger tumors leading to the thought of procrastination in seeking treatment and most men have less breast tissue adding to the difficulty of conservative surgical treatment. This article also discusses the fact that we are currently looking at the differences /or similarities of breast cancer in men and women. Breast cancer in men are more often diagnosed at an older age. It also notes that there has been evidence of clustering of breast cancer cases in men as well as presenting with different margins and grades and also that they tend to have less triple negative disease. Suffice to say that there needs to be alot more data collected and analyzed but it does give pause for thought in this particular instance. Is breast cancer and treatment the same for men and women? I am sure there will be more information coming out as
According to an article in ONCOLOGY TIMES (December 10,2013) by Heather Lindsey, talks about how most men with localized breast cancer undergo mastectomy rather than lumpectomy and in addition to that, those with locally advanced disease are less likely to receive postmastectomy radiation. What is assumed, gives less availability to options that are readily available in the female population rather than to the male population dealing with breast cancer. The biggest concern in these findings is the lack of use of postmastectomy radiation.
It is important that information and education be readily available to the male patient as well as the female patient. Interestingly, it talks about most men's breast cancer being located behind or adjacent to or growing into the nipple thus necessitating a mastectomy, Men routinely present with larger tumors leading to the thought of procrastination in seeking treatment and most men have less breast tissue adding to the difficulty of conservative surgical treatment. This article also discusses the fact that we are currently looking at the differences /or similarities of breast cancer in men and women. Breast cancer in men are more often diagnosed at an older age. It also notes that there has been evidence of clustering of breast cancer cases in men as well as presenting with different margins and grades and also that they tend to have less triple negative disease. Suffice to say that there needs to be alot more data collected and analyzed but it does give pause for thought in this particular instance. Is breast cancer and treatment the same for men and women? I am sure there will be more information coming out as
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
March 2015
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