Donegan W L
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
CA Cancer J Clin. 1991 Nov-Dec;41(6):339-54. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.41.6.339.
As knowledge grows about breast cancer in men, it becomes apparent that the disease is strikingly similar to that seen in women. Although rare, as is cancer in most vestigial organs, all indications are that it shares a common etiology and a similar natural history with breast cancer in females and that apparent differences between the diseases in the two sexes are minor or illusory. The poor prognosis of men in the past promises to yield to better public and professional education about the value of prompt recognition and treatment. Fortunately, the lessons learned from treatment of women are also applicable to men, and in comparable stages men prove equally curable.
随着对男性乳腺癌认识的增加，很明显这种疾病与女性乳腺癌极为相似。尽管罕见，如同大多数退化器官发生的癌症一样，但所有迹象表明，它与女性乳腺癌有着共同的病因和相似的自然病程，而且这两种性别患者所患疾病之间明显的差异是微小的或不真实的。过去男性患者预后不佳的情况有望因公众和专业人士对早期识别与治疗价值的教育改善而得到改变。幸运的是，从女性乳腺癌治疗中吸取的经验教训同样适用于男性，并且在相同分期下，男性患者同样可治愈。
