01/10/2026
Male breast cancer is a very rare entity, representing less than 1% of all cancers affecting men and about 1 in 833 men will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.
• People in general are not aware that breast cancer can occur in males too. According to a study done in Delhi by Anjana Goyal et al about 81% of the surveyed population did not know about male breast cancer
• The prevalence of male breast disease is seen more with gynaecomastia, with 65% asymptomatic.
• High incidence rate were found in populations that exhibited BRCA
1 & BRCA 2 gene mutations.
• The mean age at diagnosis ranges from 55 years to 67 years, which is 5 years older than the average age at diagnosis for women
• Consequently, the management of breast cancer among men is generalized from the management of breast cancer in women.
Suspicious mass in the background of gynaecomastia in a male patient biopsy revealed breast cancer.
