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  2. Male breast cancer - Wikipedia

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    Male breast cancer (MBC) is a cancer in males that originates in their breasts. Males account for less than 1% of new breast cancers with about 20,000 new cases being diagnosed worldwide every year. [1][2] Its incidence rates in males vs. females are, respectively, 0.4 and 66.7 per 100,000 person-years (person-years is the number of new cases ...

  3. Alpha-fetoprotein - Wikipedia

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    Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP, α-fetoprotein; also sometimes called alpha-1-fetoprotein, alpha-fetoglobulin, or alpha fetal protein) is a protein [5][6] that in humans is encoded by the AFP gene. [7][8] The AFP gene is located on the q arm of chromosome 4 (4q13.3). [9] Maternal AFP serum level is used to screen for Down syndrome, neural tube defects ...

  4. BRCA mutation - Wikipedia

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    Approximately half of men who develop breast cancer have a mutation in a BRCA gene or in one of the other genes associated with hereditary breast–ovarian cancer syndromes. Breast cancer in men can be treated as successfully as breast cancer in women, but men often ignore the signs and symptoms of cancer, such as a painful area or an unusual ...

  5. Microchimerism - Wikipedia

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    Microchimerism is a result of pregnancy, possibility that foreign cells were of transfusion or transplantation origin was rejected due to women's health. Women testing positive for male origin microchimerism cells had reduced hazard rates of ovarian cancer than women testing negative. [52] Pregnancy at older ages can reduce risk of ovarian cancer.

  6. Man with breast cancer shares 1 symptom he ignored for ... - AOL

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    Male breast cancer is rare, making up fewer than 1% of all cases of the disease, according to the National Cancer Institute.For men, the lifetime risk of getting breast cancer is 1 in 833 ...

  7. Human chorionic gonadotropin - Wikipedia

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    Human chorionic gonadotropin is a glycoprotein composed of 237 amino acids with a molecular mass of 36.7 kDa, approximately 14.5kDa αhCG and 22.2kDa βhCG. [4]It is heterodimeric, with an α (alpha) subunit identical to that of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and a β (beta) subunit that is unique to hCG.

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