In male breast cancer treatment study shows more mastectomy, less radiation than in female disease

University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers used data from 4,276 cases of male breast cancer and 718,587 cases of female breast cancer to show that the disease is treated differently in men than in women. Specifically, male breast cancer is treated with mastectomy more often than female breast cancer, and in cases in which locally advanced female breast cancer is commonly treated with radiation, the treatment is less used in the male disease. Results are published in this month's issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news