Screening-detected breast cancer in a man with BRCA2 mutation: case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Current indications for breast cancer screening in the male population are lacking, although family history of breast cancer may be such an indication. The authors describe a man with a history of clinically diagnosed right breast cancer who subsequently tested positive for the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 and received a diagnosis of mammographically detected left breast cancer at screening. The authors discuss the clinical implications of this approach to detecting male breast cancer.
Medical subject headings
- BRCA2 Protein
- Breast Neoplasms, Male
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
- Carcinoma, Lobular
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Mass Screening
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary