Bilateral male breast cancer with male potential hypogonadism
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Bilateral male breast cancer with male potential hypogonadism
BACKGROUND Male breast cancer is a comparatively rare disease, and simultaneous bilateral male breast cancer is considered to be an extremely rare event. Risk factors are said to be genetic factors and hormonal abnormalities due to obesity or testicular diseases. CASE PRESENTATION The patient was a 47-year-old Japanese male. His family had no history of female breast cancer. This patient also...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-60