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Objective: Breast cancer is the most common cancer that causes death in women. Male breast cancers are rare and make up less than 1% of all breast cancers. Therefore, there are very few studies and no specific male standard protocol has been made. The current treatment approach and prognostic factors for male breast cancers have been removed from studies on women with breast cancer. In men, breast cancers are detected at an advanced age and at an advanced stage. Purpose of this study is to profile breast lesions detected in men and to evaluate cancer cases clinically and pathologically. Material and Methods: We present our 5-year experience by retrospectively examining male breast lesions including cases of gynecomastia and breast carcinoma. Results: Retrospectively between January 2015-January 2020 in our hospital; we detected 43 male breast lesions, including 6 invasive carcinomas, 1 intraductal papilloma, 3 pilomatrixoma, 1 lipomatosis and 32 gynecomastia. Malignant lesions were seen in the 4-8th decades. Malignant lesions were Grade II and Grade III. Tumour size was determined as the smallest 1.1 cm and the largest 3.0 cm. Different levels of hormone receptor expression were observed in each case. Conclusion: Since male breast tumours can often be confused with benign diseases, they can be ignored. Therefore, a more careful approach is required since it can be encountered with breast tumours that reach advanced stage during diagnosis. Although most of the lesions detected in men are benign, malignancy should be considered at the forefront in the presence of a mass in the breast at an advanced age.

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