Breast Cancer in Males

Question 1

What are some risk factors for breast cancer in males?

Answer 1

• Hyperoestrogenism
  
  • Klinefelter’s
  • Obesity
  • Chronic liver disease
  • Pituitary adenomas
• High alcohol consumption
• Genetic factors (BRCA2 and Ashkenazi jewish men)

Question 2

Men with what syndrome mean they have a breast cancer risk that is 50 times higher than other males?

Answer 2

Klinefelter’s syndrome