Cáncer de mama masculino

Como muchos tipos de cáncer, el riesgo de cáncer de mama masculino aumenta a medida que envejece. Se diagnostica con mayor frecuencia entre las edades de 60 y 70.

High levels of estrogen can put you more at risk for breast cancer. This includes hormone treatments used for Cancer de prostata or hormone therapy in transgender women.

About 1 in 5 males who get Cáncer de Mama have a close male or female relative diagnosed with the condition.

A person’s Genética are a factor in male breast cancer, including genetic mutations like the BRCA gene. Males with a BRCA2 mutation are 100 times more likely to get breast cancer than other men.

People born with Klinefelter's syndrome have an extra X chromosome. This syndrome can affect hormone levels and increase the risk of male breast conditions, including gynecomastia and breast cancer.

When you have certain liver conditions, including cirrhosis of the liver, it can affect the balance of hormones in your body, which increases the risk of male breast cancer.

Si le han diagnosticado obesidad, también puede tener un mayor riesgo de desarrollar cáncer de mama masculino. La obesidad a menudo aumenta los niveles de estrógeno en su cuerpo.

Your risk is higher if you’ve had radiation exposure in the chest area—for example, Terapia de radiación for other cancers.

Las condiciones que afectan los testículos, como una lesión en el testículo, la extirpación de un testículo o testículos no descendidos, también aumentan el riesgo de cáncer de mama masculino.

Quimioterapia uses drugs taken by mouth or injected into the body to help destroy or stop cancer cells from growing. You may have chemotherapy and other cancer treatments, which can be used before or after surgery.

Algunos tipos de cáncer de mama masculino se ven afectados por las hormonas del cuerpo. La terapia hormonal elimina o bloquea las hormonas para evitar que crezcan las células cancerosas. Algunas terapias hormonales estándar para el cáncer de mama masculino son los inhibidores de la aromatasa, el tamoxifeno o el antagonista de la hormona liberadora de hormona luteinizante.

Terapia de radiación may be recommended along with other male breast cancer treatments. It uses high-intensity rays to target and destroy the cells causing your cancer. A type of therapy called external beam radiation is the most used radiation therapy in breast cancer in men.

Surgical procedures to treat male breast cancer include mastectomy, which removes all of the breast tissue, and lumpectomy, which removes only the tumor and surrounding tissues.

El tratamiento quirúrgico más común para la afección es la mastectomía radical modificada. Esta cirugía extirpa todo el tejido mamario, incluido el pezón y la piel sobre el tejido mamario y los ganglios linfáticos debajo del brazo.

Targeted therapies are customized drugs designed to attack your specific type of breast cancer. Because they are designed to target specific cancer cells, they don’t affect other cells in your body as much as treatments like chemotherapy. Monoclonal antibodies are one of the most common targeted therapies for male breast cancer.