TY - JOUR
T1 - Male breast cancer
T2 - a special therapeutic problem. Anything new? (Review).
AU - Gennari, Roberto
AU - Curigliano, Giuseppe
AU - Jereczek-Fossa, Barbara A.
AU - Zurrida, Stefano
AU - Renne, Giuseppe
AU - Intra, Mattia
AU - Galimberti, Viviana
AU - Luini, Alberto
AU - Orecchia, Roberto
AU - Viale, Giuseppe
AU - Goldhrisch, Aron
AU - Veronesi, Umberto
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - Carcinoma of the male breast (MBC) is an uncommon phenomenon, accounting for 1 cm and/or presence of >1 metastatic axillary lymph node). Breast conserving surgery, performed in selected cases of male breast cancer, should be always followed by radiotherapy. Despite a wealth of small retrospective studies on MBC, its rarity means there is a lack of prospective randomized controlled treatment trials, which needs to be addressed if significant advances are to be made in the treatment of this unusual challenging disease.
AB - Carcinoma of the male breast (MBC) is an uncommon phenomenon, accounting for 1 cm and/or presence of >1 metastatic axillary lymph node). Breast conserving surgery, performed in selected cases of male breast cancer, should be always followed by radiotherapy. Despite a wealth of small retrospective studies on MBC, its rarity means there is a lack of prospective randomized controlled treatment trials, which needs to be addressed if significant advances are to be made in the treatment of this unusual challenging disease.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 14767551
AN - SCOPUS:6044243471
VL - 24
SP - 663
EP - 670
JO - International Journal of Oncology
JF - International Journal of Oncology
SN - 1019-6439
IS - 3
ER -