Mangaluru: Stable lifestyle, supported by factors such as obesity, excessive alcohol intake, and smoking has caused an increase in breast cancer cases at a younger age.
Dr Harish E, Consultants, Surgical Oncology, Kasbah Medical College Hospital (KMC), Mangaluru has observed a slow increase in breast cancer cases among men.
He told Tii: “Even though the incidence of breast cancer is rare in men compared to women, we see at least two cases a year.
Breast cancer attacks men when cancer cells form in a male breast tissue.
About 10 years ago, cancer breasts visible The 50-70 year old man has gone down to 40-50 years.
“Of the 140 cases of breast cancer that had been operated by Dr Harish last year, two were cases of men’s breast cancer.
However, the ratio in such a way that of a total of 100 patients 99 of them are women and the only one is a man.
However, from this, 60-70% of men diagnosed with breast cancer are in the continuation of cancer – the third or last stage.
This is because the cancer cells in men spread aggressively compared to with women and often ignore symptoms such as lumps and ulcers.
These symptoms are then advanced to become back pain, jaundice, and tightness Breath.
Men with a history of breast cancer in the family, men with gynecomastia have a much higher chance to get breast cancer, Dr.
Harish added.
Dr.
Krithika Murugan, a consultant of surgical oncologist, HCG Cancer Hospital, Bengaluru said: “Even though the incidence of male breast cancer is less than one percent, the cause is more or less the same as women’s breast cancer but it becomes important to be tested.
Gene mutations, especially genes BRCA is famous.
Also, since the pandemic, we noticed that the size and stages of the tumor are more advanced on the presentation that can be caused by a delayed hospital visit.
We are influencing the influence of pandemic in the presentation and treatment of cancer among our patient group, “he added.