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Breast cancer in men is more unfavorable than in women
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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"Although with a similar disease, like breast cancer, a stronger sex collide much less frequently than the ladies, it is likely that this diagnosis will be fatal," the oncologists conclude. The specialists carried out a comparative analysis of 1 million 440 thousand data, which are included in the National American database on cancer in 1998-2007.
For girls, the survival rate as a whole was 83%, and for men - 74%. Strong sex on average lived about 8 years after the diagnosis, women also lived about 10 years or more.
As the doctor John Greif, the author of the study, sums up, the statistical difference is partly due to the fact that the majority of people are more aware of breast cancer in women, and it follows that women often check their health more often.
This means that patients are more likely to detect a malignant tumor in their early stages, thereby greatly simplifying the work of oncologists. In men, unfortunately, cancer is noticed much later, when the malignant neoplasm has already grown, is formed and has metastases to the regional lymph nodes.
As for risk factors, for men, as well as for women, their list includes: genetic predisposition and presence in the family of cancer patients, the effect of radiation, smoking, excess body weight, lack of activity in the physical plan. Also especially worried should those men who suffer from diseases that change the hormonal background or have a high level of estrogen.
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