Lobular Research Papers

noYes, men have breasts. This is a startlingly shocking fact for plenty of people, but in reality, men and women’s breasts are the same. And this fact means men obtain breast cancer, too. This too, is also shocking to most people. But spreading awareness about the symptoms, types and stages, treatments, and hard-to-believe facts of male breast cancer is essential.
The symptoms of male breast cancer are what saves lives. But only if these symptoms are taken notice of and treated quickly. These symptoms include but are by no means limited to lump or mass just under the nipple, dimpling of skin around the breasts, ulceration of the skin, itchiness and/or redness of the breast area, clear or bloody discharge from nipples, and retraction or inversion of nipples. (Stöppler 3) The symptoms also vary depending on the type of breast cancer and the stage it is in. …show more content…
They also have the same rarities, therefore, what is rare in women is rare in men and the same with what is common. This is true in all cases except with lobular cancer. In women lobular cancer is common, however, in men, it is extremely rare, because of the fact that most men do not normally have lobules which are glands in the breast that produce milk. (NBCF) There are also only four stages of breast cancer. The most common type of breast cancer is infiltrating ductal carcinoma. There are five stages of breast cancer. Stage 0 is when the cancer cells have not yet spread out of the ducts of milk glands. Males have these, despite the fact that they do not have the lobules on the end. Stages I through III are where cancer has not spread too far from the origin and the lump of cancer cells, the tumour, has grown to around two to five centimeters in diameter. Stage IV is when the cancer cells have spread throughout the body. This is the most difficult stage to treat in males or females. (Stöppler