Fifteen cases of male breast carcinoma treated between 1980 and 1995

Male breast carcinoma is a rare malignity. In Turkey, as in other countries, there are insufficient studies on male breast cancer. In the Radiation Oncology Department, Guelhane Military Medical Academy, we treated 15 cases of male breast cancer versus 1393 female breast cancer. Two of the cases had stage I, nine had stage II, and the remaining four had stage III disease. Median age was 52. All patients had definitive external beam radiation therapy with daily 200 cGy fractionation, following surgery. Median follow-up was 227 months. Five year survival rate was found to be 60% for all stages. Our evaluations of the pathologic findings, management, and treatment outcome were compared with literature. (author)