She added: "Breast cancer affects men who suffer from breast inflation problem, or what is known as" gynecomastia, "adding, gynecomastia is caused by an increase of female hormones ratios in men, it is known that the man's body contains trace levels of female hormones and breast gland atrophic in men, but in the case of increasing the female hormones that leads to breast hyperplasia in men.
She pointed out that the increase in female hormones may temporarily occur in young people the time of puberty, or in the elderly because of the enlarged prostate gland, which is the hormone estrogen source in man, as well as in the case of defective liver prevents cracking the hormone estrogen, which leads to an increase rate in the blood, pointing out that the most important reasons for this, particularly in Egypt, cirrhosis of the liver.
She explained, of the main reasons that we see frequently gynecomastia occurring as a show both sides of the use of certain medications, most notably stomach medicines, heart medication and pressure, antidepressants, drugs baldness cure and dietary supplements, which takes young people to build muscle because they contain a catalyst hormone, which works to increase the hormones in the body, including the hormone estrogen which leads to gynecomastia.
For her part, Dr. Fatima Abdullah Melhem, radiology at the University of Dammam professor, said: Breast cancer in men is a kind of rare cancers, and the increase does not exceed 1% of the cancers in men, and is diagnosed cases through mammography rays, sound rays.
She added, breast cancer in men, is more dangerous because it is discovered at a late stage, leading to the rapid spread more than women, and that the absence of tissue contain, enlarged breasts in men is common, according to age, but there are medications and diseases increase the incidence as big breast size in men and is treated as the reason.
She explained, more prevalent that arise from deciduous channels breast cancers, and that the cure rate of cancer depends on the stage of diagnosis, pointing out that the cure rate as high as 100% in the early stages, and is early detection is the best weapon to fight breast cancer.
