Incidence of male breast cancer on the rise
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Researchers from the University of Leeds in the UK reviewed records of male breast cancer from four countries: England, Scotland, Canada and Australia. During the last 20 years, the number of cases of breast cancer in England increased by a third.
"Lifestyle changes over the latter decades of the 20th century, leading to increased obesity, physical inactivity and development of a binge drinking culture may be contributing factors," said lead author Valerie Speirs. "Some of the same inherited genetic changes that increase the risk of women developing breast cancer are also thought to influence risk in men."
Breast cancer still affects men 150 times less than it does women, but Speirs and her colleagues feel there is a need for male awareness.
Men may experience symptoms such as bloody discharge from the nipple, swelling, a skin sore or ulcer on the breast, a nipple that is retracted into the breast, a lump under the arm or other symptoms, according to Speirs.
The researchers hope to conduct experiments to determine if there are gender differences in how breast cancer develops in men.
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