title: [Male Breast Cancer: What is Different?].
abstract: Male breast cancer is a rare disease. Symptoms and signs resemble breast cancer in women: A palpable mass, enlarged lymph nodes or skin changes (ulceration, secretion, peau d'orange) mandate mammography, ultrasound to assess the regional lymph nodes. The definitive diagnosis is made by biopsy. Men with breast cancer are treated along the same principles as women: resection followed by systemic and radiation therapy. Tamoxifen, not aromatase inhibitors, is the adjuvant therapy of choice for estrogen receptor positive tumors. Therapy of men with metastatic breast cancer follows the same principles as therapy of women.
authors.affiliation: 1 Medizinische Onkologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Niederberger
authors.affiliation: 2 Neue Frauenklinik, Luzerner Kantonsspital.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.affiliation: 1 Medizinische Onkologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aebi
mesh_terms: D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography; D008408:Mastectomy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
keywords: BRCA2; Epidemiologie; Therapie; epidemiology; estrogen receptors; male breast cancer; männliches Mammakarzinom; récepteurs des oestrogènes; traitement; treatment; xcancer du sein de l'homme; Östrogenrezeptor; épidémiologie