Men Have a Higher Incidence of Seroma after Breast Cancer Surgery.

Background and Objectives: Male breast cancer (MBC) is rare. While surgical treatment may result in several complications in women, little is known about how it affects men. The objective of this study was to compare the incidence of postoperative wound complications between men and women after breast cancer surgery.

Men and women show similar survival rates after breast cancer.

Purpose: To compare the disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates of men and women undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients with breast cancer diagnosed and treated at the Cancer Hospital III of the National Cancer Institute of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 1999 and 2013. Male breast cancer cases were matched for age, year of diagnosis, and clinical staging to three female cases (1:3).