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Male breast cancer (MBC) is a cancer in males that originates in their breasts.Males account for less than 1% of new breast cancers with about 20,000 new cases being diagnosed worldwide every year.
Breast cancer predominantly affects women; less than 1% of those with breast cancer are men. [158] Women can develop breast cancer as early as adolescence, but risk increases with age, and 75% of cases are in women over 50 years old. [158] The risk over a woman's lifetime is approximately 1.5% at age 40, 3% at age 50, and more than 4% risk at ...
Invasive carcinoma NST is one of the most common types of all breast cancers, accounting for 55% of breast cancer incidence. [2] Of the invasive breast cancers, invasive carcinoma NST accounts for up to 75% of cases. [3] [4] It is also the most common form of breast cancer occurring in men, accounting for 85% of cases. [5] [6]
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The most common as of 2018 are lung cancer (1.76 million deaths), colorectal cancer (860,000) stomach cancer (780,000), liver cancer (780,000), and breast cancer (620,000). [2] This makes invasive cancer the leading cause of death in the developed world and the second leading in the developing world . [ 24 ]
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is breast cancer arising from the lobules of the mammary glands. [1] It accounts for 5–10% of invasive breast cancer. [2] [3] Rare cases of this carcinoma have been diagnosed in men (see male breast cancer). [4]
For some common cancers, the English organ name is used. For example, the most common type of breast cancer is called ductal carcinoma of the breast . Benign tumors (which are not cancers) are usually named using -oma as a suffix with the organ name as the root.
A fact from Male breast cancer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 May 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that breast cancer in men tends to be diagnosed later than breast cancer in women? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/May. Wikipedia