Male breast cancer: histological characteristics

Abstract

To investigate the types of male breast cancer, in order to obtain a better understanding, being applied in this study a bibliographic search using the main online search tools for indexed scientific and/or clinical articles, such as: Public Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (PubMed), MedScape, Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE).

Articles published between 2010 and 2020 were considered. Not discarding articles published in previous years with great relevance. Incomplete studies that do not present the necessary information to approach the theme proposed in the work will be excluded. Subsequently, there will be a selective reading of the abstracts of these bibliographic materials found, based on the proposed theme and combinations of descriptors. To analyze the results, information will be collected using a note card with the following information: title, year of publication, authors and considerations of the article. Then the content will be analyzed and used for the development of the study.

The aim of this study is to develop knowledge to promote an intervention and precaution project to be applied in a health unit with the objective of promoting a better quality of life for individuals with male breast cancer.