DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF MALE BREAST CANCER: AN INSTITUTIONAL BASED STUDY

Authors

  • Shahida Tasneem
  • Mah Muneer Khan
  • Mohammad Younas Khawaja

Abstract

Background: Male breast cancer incidence rises with age with peak in the 6th & 7th decade. It is one ofthe rare diseases and accounts for less than 1% of all malignancies worldwide. It is usually diagnosed inthe late stage with poor prognosis. Objective: The purpose of this study was to know the demographicpattern and tumour characteristic of breast cancer in men reported at Institute of Radiotherapy andNuclear Medicine (IRNUM), Peshawar. Methods: Retrospective data was collected from the(IRNUM), Peshawar for a period of three years (2006−2008). The evaluation was done from thehistopathological reports of mastectomy and biopsy specimens. All male patients in the age group26−86 year with breast cancer were included in the study. The age of the patients and tumourcharacteristics recorded were size, grade, type, skin involvement and stage. Results: Total number ofmale patients with breast cancer were 31 (2.1%) out of the total patients with breast malignancy duringthe study period with the mean age of 58.3 years. Tumour size ranged from 2 to 12 Cm. with average of3.6 Cm. Invasive ductal carcinoma was found in 87%, papillary carcinoma in 6.5%, each of malignantfibrous histocytoma and sarcoma in 3.2% cases. Maximum number of patients was of grade II(41%).Patients in whom stage of the disease was known were 22 cases with 45.5% had stage III diseaseand 32% had stage IV disease. Skin involvement was found positive in 8 (25.8%). Conclusion: Due topoor health care system breast cancer is diagnosed in a late stage of the disease and prognosis is poor.Keywords: Male, breast malignancy, Stage, grade, type

References

Contractor KB, Kaur K, Rodrigues G, Kulkarni DM, Singhal

H. Male breast cancer: is the scenario changing? World J Surg

Oncol 2008;6:58.

Kayani N, Khan MN, Bhurgri Y, Gill S, Nasir MI, Siddiqui T.

Male Breast Cancer. J Pak Med Assoc 2003;53(3):114–6.

Roopak Aggarwal, Rajni, Geetika Khanna, Shaham Beg.

Mucinous male carcinoma breast. J Cytol 2011;28(2):84–6.

Mamoon N, Sharif MA, Mushtaq S, Khadim MT, Jamal S.

Breast carcinoma over three decades in northern Pakistan –are

we getting anywhere? J Pak Med Assoc 2009:59(12):835–8.

Jamal S, Mushtaq S, Malik IA, Khan AH, Mamoon N.

Malignant tumours of the male breast –a review of 50 cases. J

Pak Med Assoc 1994;44(12):275–7.

Horlan LC, Zujewski JA, Goodman MT, Stevens JL. Breast

cancer in men in the US: A population based study of diagnosis,

treatment and survival. Cancer 2010;116(15):3558–68.

Speirs V, Shaaban AM. The rising incidence of male breast

cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2009;115:429–30.

Bourhafour M, Belbaraka R, Souadka A, Rabti HM, Tijami F,

Errihani H. Male breast cancer. BMC 2011;4:219.

Perkins George H. Breast cancer in men. BMJ

;327(7409):239–40.

Kidmas AT, Ugwu BT, Manassch AN, Iya D, Opaluwa AS.

Male breast malignancy in Jos University Teaching Hospital.

WAJM: 2005;24:36-40.

Downloads

Published

2011-03-01