Diseases

Male Breast Neoplasms

Any neoplasms of the male breast. These occur infrequently in males in developed countries, the incidence being about 1% of that in females.

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Abstract

Any neoplasms of the male breast. These occur infrequently in males in developed countries, the incidence being about 1% of that in females.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Breast Neoplasms, Male
  • Breast Tumors, Male
  • Neoplasms, Breast, Male
  • Neoplasms, Male Breast
  • Tumors, Breast, Male
  • Breast Neoplasm, Male
  • Breast Tumor, Male
  • Male Breast Neoplasm
  • Male Breast Tumor
  • Male Breast Tumors
  • Neoplasm, Male Breast
  • Tumor, Male Breast
  • Tumors, Male Breast
  • Breast Cancer, Male
  • Breast Carcinoma, Male
  • Male Breast Cancer
  • Cancer, Male Breast
  • Carcinoma, Male Breast
  • Male Breast Carcinoma

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Aspects Covered

39 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

human only; for animal, see note at BREAST NEOPLASMS; coordinate IM with histological type of neoplasm (IM); check tags HUMANS & MALE

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History Note

95

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Previous Indexing

  • Breast Neoplasms (1966-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Male Breast Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018567. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018567
  2. Male Breast Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58833981