Beware that breast cancer can also affect men

Most people think that breast cancer is a common disease among women, but men also have breast tissue, so they can also get breast cancer, and the incidence rate is also high. People who suffer from breast cancer include:

1. Family history of breast cancer: Genetics and work environment are high-risk factors for men to develop breast cancer. Men with direct relatives suffering from breast cancer are at high risk of breast cancer.

2. Liver problems: Liver problems may also lead to male breast cancer. The liver plays an important role in sex hormone metabolism because it produces binding proteins that carry hormones in the blood. These binding proteins can affect the activity of hormones. Men with serious liver problems, such as men with cirrhosis, have low levels of male hormones and high levels of female hormones. Therefore, they are relatively more likely to develop gynecomastia or breast cancer. In addition, people with long-term abnormal liver function are more likely to develop breast cancer.

3. Obesity: Obesity is also a risk factor for breast disease, because fat cells will turn into estrogen, leading to an imbalance in hormone levels in men. And the stimulation of estrogen is the "trigger" of breast disease.

4. Hormone imbalance: Men who lack male hormones and have excessive secretion of female hormones, who lack physical exercise for a long time and are abnormally obese, who have prostate hypertrophy or prostate cancer, and who take large amounts of estrogen for a long time may all be susceptible to breast cancer.