Can male breast hyperplasia turn into cancer?

Many people think that breast hyperplasia only occurs in female friends. In fact, it is not the case. Male friends also have the probability of breast hyperplasia, so everyone should pay more attention to it. Male breast hyperplasia is actually related to the subsequent cancer. Therefore, male friends should also pay attention to breast hyperplasia and do relevant examinations every year.

In fact, many people do not know that only women suffer from breast hyperplasia. In fact, the incidence of male breast hyperplasia is also increasing. Male breast hyperplasia is more common in men after the age of 55.

Breast hyperplasia is an estrogen-dependent disease. With the increase of age, the decrease of androgen and the increase of estrogen, men are prone to breast hyperplasia. During this period, some of them will develop cancer. Generally speaking, men do not have breast tissue, but due to individual differences, some men also have breast tissue, and even a few men have abnormal development or atypical hyperplasia of breast tissue, which puts some men at risk of breast cancer.

Generally speaking, breast cancer occurs mostly due to the appearance of malignant tumor tissue in the cells of the chest. The current misconception that men will not get breast cancer often makes many male friends lose their vigilance and think that breast cancer cannot be related to themselves. In the early stages of malignant tumors, patients usually do not feel anything. Therefore, many men do not find out that they have breast cancer until they are in the late stages of male breast cancer and feel pain. At this time, they often miss the best treatment opportunity. Because men's chest tissue is too small, it does not take too long for the tumor to spread to the skin and muscle tissue of the chest. By the time most people go to the doctor because of serious doubts, the cancer cells have already shown lymph node metastasis. The spread rate of cancer cells is one of the most important factors affecting the treatment after diagnosis.

Many male friends never check their breasts during physical examinations, so they usually don't realize that they have breast dysplasia, let alone breast cancer. By the time they experience symptoms such as pain, it is already in the late stage. Male breast cancer used to be very rare, but in recent years, the number of male breast cancer patients has been on the rise. According to statistics, male breast cancer patients account for about 1% to 2% of all breast cancer patients. Now, there are 3 to 5 male breast cancer patients visiting the breast base of Nanbian Hospital every year.

Moreover, generally speaking, the peak incidence of male breast cancer is after the age of 55, but in the past two years, we have found that male breast cancer is showing a trend of younger age, and male patients in their 40s have breast cancer.