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MeSH Heading: Breast Neoplasms, Male
Tree Number(s): C04.588.180.260; C17.800.090.500.260
Unique ID: D018567
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018567
Annotation: human only; for animal, see note at BREAST NEOPLASMS; coordinate IM with histological type of neoplasm (IM); check tags HUMANS & MALE
Scope Note: Any neoplasms of the male breast. These occur infrequently in males in developed countries, the incidence being about 1% of that in females.
Entry Version: BREAST NEOPL MALE
Entry Term(s): Breast Cancer, Male; Breast Carcinoma, Male; Breast Tumors, Male; Male Breast Cancer; Male Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Breast, Male; Neoplasms, Male Breast; Tumors, Breast, Male
NLM Classification #: WP 870
Previous Indexing: Breast Neoplasms (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

secondary (SC)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0027832
Scope Note: Any neoplasms of the male breast. These occur infrequently in males in developed countries, the incidence being about 1% of that in females.
Terms: Breast Neoplasms, Male Preferred Term
Term UI T055257
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Breast Tumors, Male
Term UI T592588
Date06/22/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Male Breast Neoplasms
Term UI T055255
Date12/09/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Neoplasms, Breast, Male
Term UI T055256
Date05/09/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Neoplasms, Male Breast
Term UI T055254
Date05/11/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Tumors, Breast, Male
Term UI T592589
Date06/22/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005)

Breast Neoplasms, Male MeSH Descriptor Data 2025