A 56-year-old male patient develops an accentric hard breast lump over the past few months and a biopsy proves this to be breast carcinoma. Of all breast cancers, the rate of occurrence in males is which of the following?
Cancer of the breast in males constitutes <1% of total cases. It tends to present at a more advanced stage in men than in women, because it is often overlooked. It may easily be confused with the more commonly occurring condition of gynecomastia. Careful clinical radiological follow-up studies are indicated.
<1%
4%
7%
10%
Breast