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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2024

Male Breast Cancer: a Review on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survivorship.

Prarthna V Bhardwaj, Shilpi Gupta, Alexa Elyash, Eleonora Teplinsky

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Redesigning medicine: integrating sex and gender for better health outcomes.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  7. Hotspots and future trends of male breast cancer: a global perspective.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Prarthna V BhardwajDivision of Hematology-Oncology, University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine, Baystate, MA, USA.
Shilpi GuptaDivision of Medical Oncology, Atlantic Health System, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ, USA.
Alexa ElyashValley Health System, Paramus, NJ, USA.
Eleonora TeplinskyValley Health System, Paramus, NJ, USA. teplel@valleyhealth.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8179-6079

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewMale breast cancer is a relatively uncommon and rare disease that is often managed based on evidence adopted from trials pertaining to female breast cancer due to low accrual rates or exclusion of males. This is despite the known differences in the biology and epidemiology of this condition. This review provides an update regarding the management and surveillance of male breast cancer. RECENT

findingsMen with breast cancer tend to undergo more extensive surgery in the breast and axilla. The outcomes of male breast cancer compared to a similar subtype of female breast cancer appear worse when matched for stage. Systemic therapies remain predominantly based on recommendations for female breast cancer, although tamoxifen is the more optimal endocrine therapy for men than women. Surveillance with mammograms is recommended for patients harboring a breast cancer susceptibility gene but is otherwise not advised for men who have undergone a mastectomy. Notably, the role of other imaging modalities, including ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, is minimal. Although the focus on survivorship care among men is low, it is abundantly clear that this is a stigmatizing diagnosis for men, and they suffer from long-term physical and psychological sequelae following a diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. In summary, providing more gender-inclusive care and advocating for increased representation of men in prospective breast cancer studies and clinical trials may help improve outcomes and provide enhanced support for this population.

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Breast NeoplasmsBreast Neoplasms, MaleFemaleHumansMaleMammographyMastectomyProspective StudiesSurvivorshipBreast neoplasmHereditary breast cancerMale breast cancerMale breast cancer geneticsMale breast cancer treatment

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