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- Title
Breast cancer in men.
- Authors
Gheorghe, A.; Meceanu, S.; Bisea, G.
- Abstract
Breast cancer is the most frequent form of cancer in women, the risk of developing this disease being of 1 in 8. Unlike them, men have a lifetime risk of developing this disease of 1 in 1000, especially in men over 60 years of age. In puberty, the girls' ovaries produce hormones (estrogens) which cause the growth of the channels and the development of the lobes at the ends of the canals, thus the amount of tissue increases, so that the mammary glands (breasts) not only have an aesthetic role, but also a functional role. In boys, hormones secreted by the testes (testosterone) prevent the growth of non-functional breast tissue (which does not produce milk) concentrated in the area behind the nipple and the development of lobes. Therefore, the male breast is made up of predominantly low and undeveloped canals and a small amount of fat and connective tissue. In both cases, breast cancer is the uncontrolled growth with spreading potential of certain cells of the breast tissue. These cells become abnormal in terms of appearance and behaviour, and they are called cancerous.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer in men; HORMONES; ESTROGEN
- Publication
Oncolog-Hematolog, 2017, Issue 39, p67
- ISSN
2066-8716
- Publication type
Abstract