You think breast cancer is only for women, then you are wrong. Men also get breast cancer and are even less friendly to men. Recently, a large-scale study showed that male breast cancer patients have a higher mortality rate, 19% higher than women. Zhang Yanan, chief physician of the Breast Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of the Affiliated University Hospital of Southeast University, pointed out that due to the low awareness of breast cancer in men, most of them are found to be in the middle and advanced stages, so the mortality rate is higher than that of female breast cancer patients. Male friends are advised to also pay attention to breast health, and if you despise it carefully "retaliate" against you.
Punching in the gym is almost a daily compulsory class for 53-year-old Zhang (pseudonym), some time ago, he suddenly found that his left nipple was sunken, and at first he thought that he was old, his muscles were loose, and he wanted to strengthen his chest muscles. However, after a while, he felt a lump in the shower and thought to himself, "Male comrades should not have breast problems." However, he felt more and more that something was wrong, and he felt that the lump was a little large. So I went to the Breast Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of the Affiliated University Hospital of Southeast University for examination, and this examination surprised me, "Consider the possibility of breast cancer!" ”
Zhang Yanan led the team of deputy chief physician Hu Haolin, attending physician Lu Jianxin, dr. Ma Xiao, etc. to formulate an accurate surgical plan for patients and perform radical breast cancer surgery. After pathological examination, it was found that it was indeed breast cancer, but fortunately it did not develop to an advanced stage. After the relevant treatment after the operation, Lao Zhang has been discharged from the hospital and returned home.
Zhang Yanan introduced that theoretically, the occurrence of breast cancer is due to the appearance of malignant tumor tissue in the breast glands. Men also have breast tissue, so they can also develop breast cancer. It is only because of the difference in physiological structure that women are far more likely to develop breast cancer than men. At present, domestic clinical male breast cancer patients account for about 1% of breast cancer patients, most of whom are middle-aged and elderly.
The reasons for male breast cancer are not very clear, but breast cancer is familial, it may be that there is a history of breast cancer in the family, or the patient's own hormone levels are abnormal, and there may also be sexual chromosomal abnormalities. In general, young male patients whose symptoms are not severe are mostly associated with oral pharmacotherapy.
In addition, it is clinically found that breast diseases in young men are mainly related to obesity and eating habits, while elderly breast disease patients are mostly related to long-term alcohol abuse and oral hormone drugs.
It is reported that some time ago, a study published by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in JAMA Oncology Online found that the overall mortality rate of male patients was 19% higher than that of female patients by comparing the mortality rate of male and female breast cancer patients and quantitatively evaluating the factors associated with the difference in gender mortality, and in male patients, 63.3% of the excess mortality rate was related to clinical features and inadequate treatment.
Zhang Yanan introduced that in the clinical diagnosis and treatment process, it was also found that many male breast cancer patients were already in the middle and advanced stages when they were examined for breast cancer patients, and there was metastasis of lymph and other organs. This is mainly due to the low awareness of breast cancer in men, many men still think that only women will get breast cancer, usually do not pay attention to their breast health problems, so it is too late to find out. As a result, treatment will be more difficult, and many breast cancer patients will be older at the time of treatment, which will lead to lower overall survival rates than female breast cancer patients.
Correspondent Liu Min
Nanjing Morning Post/Love Nanjing reporter Qian Ming
【Source: Nanjing Morning Post】
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