Management and Outcomes of Male Breast Cancer in Zaria, Nigeria

Table 2

Tumor characteristics in male patients with breast cancer.

Characteristics	Number	%
Tumor status
T1	3	5.3
T2	11	19.3
T3	26	45.6
T4	17	29.8
Axillary lymph node status
N1	9	15.8
N2	35	61.4
N3	13	22.8
Disease stage
I	0	0
II	4	7.0
III	33	58.0
IV	20	35.0
Histological grade (𝑛=42)
Well differentiated	15	35.7
Moderately differentiated	7	16.7
Poorly differentiated	20	47.6
Histological type (𝑛=42)
Invasive ductal carcinoma	37	88.0
Papillary carcinoma	1	2.4
Invasive lobular	2	4.8
Invasive ductal and lobular	2	4.8