Carcinoma of the male breast is rare, representing 0.2 to 1.5%1.\* of all cancers in males; less than 1% of patients with cancer of the breast are males. In a recent review of carcinoma of the male breast by Crichlow, of 1158 reported cases only 16 (1.4%) were bilateral. Three of these were reported
A case–control study of unilateral and bilateral breast carcinoma patients
✍ Scribed by Lisa A. Newman; Ayesgul A. Sahin; Melissa L. Bondy; Nadeem Q. Mirza; George S. Vlastos; Gary J. Whitman; Heather Brown; Thomas A. Buchholz; Mong-Hong Lee; S. Eva Singletary
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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