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Volume 1, Issue 1 J Nurs Res Pract Nursing Care & Breast Congress 2017
December 11-13, 2017
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December 11-13, 2017 | Rome, Italy
Joint Event
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45th WORLD CONGRESS ON NURSING CARE
8TH EUROPEAN BREAST CONGRESS
Rani Kanthan, J Nurs Res Pract 2017, 1:1(Suppl)
Invasive lobular carcinoma of the male breast
Breast carcinoma in men unlike women is rare and comprises only 1% of all mammary cancers. Invasive ductal carcinoma
is by far the commonest subtype of mammary carcinoma found in both men and women. Though lobular breast cancer
is the second most common subtype seen in women, such cancers are extremely uncommon in men, and this is likely
related to the lack of lobular development in the male breast. Thus, due to the rarity of this subtype among breast cancers,
compounded by the overall rarity of breast cancer in men, current understanding of the pathogenesis of this disease and its
management is largely derived from case series and extrapolation of information from the larger cohort of female patients.
This talk will discuss invasive lobular carcinoma in the male breast in the context of an illustrative case study. A systematic
review of invasive lobular carcinoma in the male breast will be addressed based on the comprehensive analysis of the National
Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results [SEER’s] Data (1973–2013) leading to an exploration of the
pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, tumor characteristics, and best practice management of lobular
breast carcinoma in men. Similarities and differences of lobular carcinoma of the breast in men and women will be highlighted.
This talk will conclude with an update on the prognostic factors of this unique breast tumor in men with recommendations
for additional research to unravel its overall pathogenesis and molecular profile to provide insights for improved therapeutic
management options.
Biography
Rani Kanthan is a Consultant Anatomical Pathologist in the Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan with a focused interest in
Surgical Oncology including Breast and Gastrointestinal Tract. She has published 120 peer reviewed manuscripts that are indexed in PubMed/Google Scholar and serves
as an Editorial Board Member in various journals. She is an active Medical Educator and continues to participate and present at various national and international meetings
with more than 125 conference abstract presentations to her credit.
Rani Kanthan
University of Saskatchewan, Canada