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Male breast cancer (MBC) is a relatively rare disease, accounting for <1% of all breast cancers in the western world and 0.1% of cancer deaths in men . The causes are still poorly understood and the low incidence of MBC means that studies are small and underpowered. The treatment of MBC is based on large trials in postmenopausal women. The outlook for men is the same as women stage for stage, but overall the prognosis tends to be poorer. This is usually due to a delay in presentation – despite increasing awareness of MBC, there remains an average delay from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis of 6–10 months, with little improvement in survival over the last 25 years.

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Irvine, T., Fentiman, I.S. (2010). Male Breast Cancer. In: Dirbas, F., Scott-Conner, C. (eds) Breast Surgical Techniques and Interdisciplinary Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6076-4_46

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