Breast Cancer In Male

Breast Cancer In Male


Breast cancer is not only attacking the woman, then you already know. Unfortunately, he recognized the lack of clinical symptoms of this disease, so the cancer spreads or diidap already entered an advanced stage.

Clinical symptoms of breast cancer in men resemble women's symptoms and derived from the mammary gland. The difference is, men are rarely affected by this disease before the age of 50 years. Generally this is a lot of experienced men in old age. Therefore, after a 50-year-old, he suggested wary of solid and hard lump in the back of her nipples.

Symptoms

Bump, these same symptoms of breast cancer experienced woman, originally just a lump. But because breast tissue is less men than women, the emergence of a lump in the breast that is still very little else would have been palpable. Generally experienced only in one breast, and when touched feel hard.

Changes in the nipple, if the cancer is advanced stage, there is a change in the nipple and the black area around the nipple. The skin grew red nipples, shrink, drawn into, or may be nipple discharge.

Triggers and Causes


Genetic, A man of this disease at risk if there are relatives, whether male or female, who had breast cancer. Dad with breast cancer gene mutations can also pass on the cancer to her daughter.

Bad lifestyle, habits of smoking and drinking alcohol also increases the risk of cancer.

Liver disease, liver metabolism (fatty liver) causes disturbed hormonal metabolism and lead to enlargement of the mammary gland in breast malignancy. Enlargement of mammary glands in males could be due to complications of liver disease, no hormonal or chromosomal abnormalities.

Excess sex hormones, which suffered from excess waria estrogen for a long time is not impossible that could suddenly have breasts. The higher the estrogen levels in the blood, the greater the size of her breasts. Examples of estrogen therapy in men who sex-change operation, for example.

Detection

Doing breast self-examination, recommendations for early detection of breast cancer by doing breast self-examination (Breast Self-Examination) not only applies to women but also for men. The man should feel lucky because they would be easier to detect breast lumps around.

Mammogram (special X-rays for breast), The X-ray mammography use low doses to find abnormal areas in the breast.

Ultrasound / ultrasound (photographing devices inside the body), ultrasound is used to differentiate cysts (fluid-filled sac) with a solid lump.
Medical

Treatment usually begins after full examination of the condition of the patient that is about 1 week after the biopsy. The treatment consists of surgery, radiation therapy used to kill cancer cells in the tumor removal and the surrounding area including the lymph nodes.

Chemotherapy (a combination of drugs to kill cells that multiply quickly or pressing breeding) and drug-hormone inhibitors (drugs that affect the hormones that support the growth of cancer cells) are used to suppress the growth of cancer cells throughout the body.

The results of treatment depends on the stage or level at the time of cancer treatment.