In the normal female and male breast epithelial structures any prostate-specific antigen (PSA) immunohistochemical positivity was observed Variable PSA expression, which often borders the positivity, was observed in membranes of adipocytes of fat tissue and m the endothelium of small vessels in a female and a male breast Based on these initial observations, tissue of the normal breast, male or ...

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...

OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to observe the prevalence breast diseases of males in our setup. METHOD All cases of male breast disease diagnosed from 1991-97. RESULTS One hundred and fifty (150) cases of male breast diseases were diagnosed. Age of the patients ranged from 4 to 90 years, with mean age 38.75 years (median = 33 years). Gynecomastia was the most common pathological abnor...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To (a) describe the types of transitions experienced by male spousal caregivers of women with breast cancer and the strategies used by male spouses to deal with these transitions and (b) examine factors related to their quality of life, including demographic variables, self-efficacy, caregiver guilt, hope, the quality of life of their partner with breast cancer, and transitio...