In people's minds, gynecomastia is a typical "gynecopathy". But in fact, men will also suffer from breast development, and not only that, men will also suffer from breast cancer.
According to experts, men are not isolated from "breast cancer". Among breast cancer patients, male patients account for 1% ~ 2%. Although the incidence of breast cancer in men is far less than that in women, it is often found in the late stage because it is easily overlooked, thus missing the best treatment opportunity.
Experts remind that most male breast cancer patients are between 60 and 70 years old, and there has also been a trend of younger age in recent years, including many patients in their 40 s.
Ye Changsheng, director of the Breast Center of Southern Hospital of Southern Medical University, said that generally speaking, men have no breast tissue, but due to individual differences, some men also have breast tissue, and even a small number of men have abnormal development or atypical hyperplasia of breast tissue. These men are at risk of breast cancer.
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Most male breast cancers are found to be advanced.
Ye Changsheng, director of the Breast Center of the Southern Hospital of Southern Medical University, said that in theory, the occurrence of breast cancer is due to the appearance of malignant tumor tissue in breast cells. However, due to the misconception that "men will not suffer from breast cancer", most men will lose their vigilance and feel that breast cancer cannot be related to themselves.
In the early stage of malignant tumor, patients generally feel nothing. Therefore, many men do not find out that they have breast cancer until the late stage of male breast cancer. At this time, they often miss the best treatment opportunity.
"Because the male breast tissue is too small, it won't take long for the tumor to spread to the skin and muscle tissue of the breast." Ye Changsheng also said that most people wait until the problem is serious before going to see a doctor, because cancer cells have lymphatic metastasis. The diffusion rate of cancer cells is the most important factor affecting the treatment status after diagnosis.
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