title: Carcinoma of the male breast: a study of 141 cases from northern Pakistan.
abstract: Carcinoma of the male breast, histologically identical to that seen in females, is a rare malignant epithelial tumour. We retrospectively studied 141 cases of male breast carcinoma diagnosed during a ten year period (1992-2001). These tumours comprised 0.7% of all cancers, 1.1% of all malignancies in males and 5.9% of all breast carcinomas in both genders. A male to female ratio of 1:16 was observed. The peak incidence was in the age group between 50-60 years and majority of the patients were below 60 years. Most of the patients presented with a painless lump and infiltrating ductal carcinoma was the main histological type. While compared with our previous similar analysis, a highly significant increase (p< 0.0001) was found for total numbers of breast carcinoma in both sexes and total number of malignancies in males.
authors.affiliation: Army Medical College, 71-C Lane-8 Askari-VII, Adiala Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. sjarjawj@gmail.com
authors.forename: Shahid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.forename: Nadira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mamoon
authors.forename: Sajid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mushtaq
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luqman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011336:Probability; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis