Male breast cancer is a
rare disease. In Tunisia, it represents 1% of all breast cancers and 1.6% of
Male neoplasia. This work is a retrospective study about 5 male patients with
breast cancer, treated in the department of medical oncology at Fattouma
Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir (Tunisia) during a period of 3 years
from March 2013 to March 2016. Results showed that: invasive ductual carcinoma was the histological
type found in all cases; the
Her 2 neu was not overexpressed in all cases; hormone receptors were positive in all patients.
Two patients had a locally advanced disease. Two patients were diagnosed with
metastatic disease; pulmonary and bone metastases. Three patients who were
diagnosed with no metastatic disease have had a mastectomy with Axillary lymph
node dissection. Adjuvant chemotherapy was administered in two patients. Loco
regional radiotherapy was performed in three patients. Tamoxifen-based hormone
therapy was administered in three patients. Two patients were treated with palliative
chemotherapy. One patient received two lines of chemotherapy with a global
survival of 16 months, while the other received only one line of palliative
chemotherapy with a global survival of 2 months. One patient received
palliative hormone therapy type Tamoxifen with progression free survival of 7
months. Three patients who received curative treatments are in remission of
their disease. To conclude male breast cancer is a rare disease with multiple
and varied risk factors. It is similar in its clinical, histological and
prognostic characteristics to breast cancer in women but also has different
characteristics.
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