Although cases of breast cancer in men are rare, a study has surfaced that correlates the disease with impotence. In this 1998 study, researchers studied men with breast cancer in England and Wales. Of these, 112 said they were impotent and 383 said they had no children.
The Institute of Cancer Research in London and the authors of this study examined the relationship between impotence and breast cancer risk. The conclusions of this study were published in the Journal of Breast Cancer Research.
Michael Jones, a senior researcher at the Institute of Cancer, London, and colleagues studied men with breast cancer between 2005 and 2017. These 1998 men were then compared with 1597 men in the control group who were not blood relatives. Of these, 80 men reported impotence.
In the study, the invasive breast cancer tumor was found to be linked to impotence in men. These tumors are cancer cells that spread from one organ to another after developing. The study found that 47 people, about 2.6% of the control group, had breast cancer, while 22 (1.4%) did not. In this case, researchers were unable to associate breast cancer risk with infertility.
Researchers also found no significant association between infertility and situ breast cancer, which is non-invasive. The study also included alcohol, smoking, family background of breast cancer and risk factors for liver disease to make the analysis more sensitive in their study. However, this also played no role in the outcome of the study.
Mr Jones also stated that there was insufficient information about the causes of breast cancer in men. He said the cases are low and any studies that have been done are also limited.
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