Published 2007
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Journal article
A case of bilateral synchronous male breast cancer
Creators
- 1. Oddzial Chirurgii Onkologicznej i Ogolnej, Beskidzkie Centrum Onkologii im. Jana Pawla II, Bielsko Biala (Poland)
- 2. Oddzial Onkologii Klinicznej, Beskidzkie Centrum Onkologii im. Jana Pawla II, Bielsko Biala (Poland)
Description
Bilateral male breast cancer is a very rare disease. The authors report a case a 62-year-old man with bilateral breast cancer who was treated at the Beskidian Oncological Center in Bielsko-Biala. Invasive ductal carcinomas was localized in both his breasts. Before surgery the malignancy of the tumour had been confirmed only within the left breast. Lumpectomy of the right breast combined with intraoperative pathological examination revealed the presence of breast cancer. On receiving this results bilateral radical Patey's mastectomy had been performed. Surgery is the treatment of choice in male breast cancer, but it should be. (author)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Polish)
- Przypadek obustronnego synchronicznego raka piersi u mezczyzny
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nowotwory
- Journal Volume
- 57
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 298-302
- ISSN
- 0029-540X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Poland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Poland
- INIS RN
- 38088093
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEMOTHERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HORMONES; LYMPH NODES; MAMMARY GLANDS; MEN; METASTASES; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BODY; DISEASES; GLANDS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALES; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; VERTEBRATES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 20 refs., 2 figs.