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Scientific articles about breast cancer in men can be searched via pubmed https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/.
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Search blocks
Below are 6 different search blocks with combinations of search terms which can be used to find Dutch and English articles about male breast cancer (Male Breast Cancer (MBC)) on pubmed. The search blocks can be copied in the search bar to search in pubmed. The most recent articles appear at the top.
1. Men with breast cancer and psychology/stigma
(“Breast Neoplasms, Male”[Mesh] OR male breast neoplasm[tiab] OR male breast neoplasms[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast cancer[tiab] OR male breast cancers[tiab] OR (male [tiab] AND (breast malign* [tiab] OR breast oncolog* [tiab])) OR male breast carcinoma[tiab] OR male breast carcinomas[tiab]) AND (“Psychology”[Mesh] OR psychol* [tiab] OR psychosocia* [tiab] OR psycho-socia* [tiab] OR stigma* [tiab] OR taboo* [tiab] OR masculin* [tiab] OR (cultur* [tiab] AND (belief* [tiab] OR believ* [tiab] OR perspect* [tiab] OR percept*[tiab]))) AND (English [la] OR Dutch [la])
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2. Men with breast cancer and clinical trials
(“Breast Neoplasms, Male”[Mesh] OR male breast neoplasm[tiab] OR male breast neoplasms[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast cancer[tiab] OR male breast cancers[tiab] OR (male [tiab] AND (breast malign* [tiab] OR breast oncolog* [tiab])) OR male breast carcinoma[tiab] OR male breast carcinomas[tiab]) AND (“Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Clinical Trials, Phase IV as Topic”[Mesh] OR phase I [tiab] OR phase 1 [tiab] OR phase II [tiab] OR phase 2 [tiab] OR phase III [tiab] OR phase 3 [tiab] OR phase IV [tiab] OR phase 4 [tiab] OR “Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Clinical Trials, Phase IV as Topic”[Mesh] OR “Randomized Controlled Trial” [Publication Type] OR “Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic”[Mesh] OR ((randomized [tiab] OR randomized [tiab]) AND (clinical trial* [tiab] OR controlled trial* [tiab])) OR RCT* [tiab] OR (random*[tiab] AND (controlled[tiab] OR control[tiab] OR placebo[tiab] OR versus[tiab] OR vs[tiab] OR group[tiab] OR groups[tiab] OR comparison[tiab] OR compared[tiab] OR arm[tiab] OR arms[tiab] OR crossover[tiab] OR cross-over[tiab]) AND (trial[tiab] OR study[tiab])) OR ((single[tiab] OR double[tiab] OR triple[tiab]) AND (masked[tiab] OR blind*[tiab])) OR “Prospective Studies”[Mesh] OR prospective study [tiab] OR prospective studies [tiab] OR “Retrospective Studies”[Mesh] OR Retrospective study [tiab] OR Retrospective studies [tiab]) AND (English [la] OR Dutch [la])
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3. Men with breast cancer and Survival (Survival)
(“Breast Neoplasms, Male”[Mesh] OR male breast neoplasm[tiab] OR male breast neoplasms[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast cancer[tiab] OR male breast cancers[tiab] OR (male [tiab] AND (breast malign* [tiab] OR breast oncolog* [tiab])) OR male breast carcinoma[tiab] OR male breast carcinomas[tiab]) AND (“Survival Analysis”[Mesh] OR “Survival Rate”[Mesh] OR “Prognosis”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “Incidence”[Mesh] OR survival analys* [tiab] OR overall survival [tiab] OR survival rate* [tiab] OR survival time* [tiab] OR (survival* [tiab] AND (disease free [tiab] OR event free [tiab] OR progression free [tiab])) OR prognosis [tiab] OR prognoses [tiab] OR incidence* [tiab] OR “Disease-Free Survival”[Mesh] OR “Survival Rate”[Mesh] OR (survival [tiab] AND (rate* [tiab] OR time* [tiab]))) AND (English [la] OR Dutch [la])
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4. Men with breast cancer and Fundamental and Translational research
(“Breast Neoplasms, Male”[Mesh] OR male breast neoplasm[tiab] OR male breast neoplasms[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast cancer[tiab] OR male breast cancers[tiab] OR (male [tiab] AND (breast malign* [tiab] OR breast oncolog* [tiab])) OR male breast carcinoma[tiab] OR male breast carcinomas[tiab]) AND (“Translational Medical Research”[Mesh] OR (translation* [tiab] AND (research [tiab] OR knowledge [tiab] OR science* [tiab])) OR “Biomarkers”[Mesh] OR biomarker* [tiab] OR predictor* [tiab] OR biological marker* [tiab] OR bio-marker* [tiab] OR serum marker* [tiab] OR Surrogate Endpoint* [tiab] OR Surrogate End-point* [tiab] OR viral marker* [tiab] OR immune marker* [tiab] OR immunologic marker* [tiab] OR surrogate marker* [tiab] OR biochemical marker* [tiab] OR biologic marker* [tiab] OR “Genetic Techniques”[Mesh] OR genetic techni* [tiab] OR genetic profil* [tiab] OR DNA Fingerprint* [tiab] OR Gene Target* [tiab] OR “Gene Expression”[Mesh] OR gene expression* [tiab] OR expression of gene* [tiab] OR “Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal”[Mesh] OR Hormonal Antineoplastic [tiab] OR “Antineoplastic Agents”[Mesh] OR Antineoplastic* [tiab] OR anti-cancer drug* [tiab] OR anti-cancer agent* [tiab] OR anti-tumour drug* [tiab] OR anti-cancer agent* [tiab] OR “DNA Damage”[Mesh] OR ((DNA [tiab] OR chromosom* [tiab]) AND (damag* [tiab] OR injury [tiab] OR injuries [tiab] OR adduct* [tiab] OR break [tiab] OR breaks [tiab] OR degredat* [tiab] OR fragment* [tiab])) OR genotoxic stress* [tiab] OR “DNA Repair”[Mesh] OR “DNA Mismatch Repair”[Mesh] OR “DNA End-Joining Repair”[Mesh] OR “Recombinational DNA Repair”[Mesh] OR (repair* [tiab] AND (DNA [tiab] OR DNA mismatch [tiab] OR mismatch* [tiab] OR excision [tiab] OR recombination* [tiab] OR break [tiab] OR end joining [tiab] OR end-joining [tiab] OR MMEJ [tiab])) OR DNA end-joining [tiab] OR DNA end joining [tiab] OR repair* [tiab] OR NHEJ [tiab] OR NER [tiab] OR BER [tiab] OR “Biochemical Phenomena”[Mesh] OR (biochemical [tiab] AND process* [tiab]) OR “Biochemical Phenomena”[Mesh] OR (biochemical [tiab] AND (concept* [tiab] OR phenomen* [tiab])) OR “Molecular Biology”[Mesh] OR (molecular [tiab] AND (biology [tiab] OR genetic* [tiab])) OR (biochemical [tiab] AND genetic* [tiab]) OR hormonal therap* [tiab] OR endocrine therap* [tiab] OR anti-hormonal therap* [tiab] OR anti-hormonal drug* [tiab] OR hormonal drug* [tiab] OR tamoxifen [tiab] OR aromatase inhibitor* [tiab] OR letrozole [tiab] OR arimidex [tiab] OR exemestane [tiab] OR oestrogen receptor* [tiab] OR androgen receptor* [tiab] OR hormone receptor* [tiab] OR tumour progress* [tiab] OR transcriptional regulat* [tiab] OR gene expression profile* [tiab] OR transcriptional profile* [tiab] OR gender effect* [tiab] OR BRCA1 [tiab] OR BRCA2 [tiab]) AND (English [la] OR Dutch [la])
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5. Men with breast cancer and heredity/genetics
(“Breast Neoplasms, Male”[Mesh] OR male breast neoplasm[tiab] OR male breast neoplasms[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast cancer[tiab] OR male breast cancers[tiab] OR (male [tiab] AND (breast malign* [tiab] OR breast oncolog* [tiab])) OR male breast carcinoma[tiab] OR male breast carcinomas[tiab]) AND ((genetic* [tiab] OR gene [tiab] OR genes [tiab]) AND (hereditar* [tiab] OR family [tiab] OR families [tiab] OR familial [tiab] OR counsel* [tiab] OR predict* [tiab] OR test [tiab] OR tests [tiab] OR predispos* [tiab] OR testing [tiab] OR syndrome* [tiab] OR screen* [tiab]) OR hereditar* [tiab] OR (predict* [tiab] AND model* [tiab]) OR screening [tiab] OR cancer risk* [tiab]) AND (English [la] OR Dutch [la])
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6. Men with breast cancer and causes/risk factors
(“Breast Neoplasms, Male”[Mesh] OR male breast neoplasm[tiab] OR male breast neoplasms[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast tumour[tiab] OR male breast tumours[tiab] OR male breast cancer[tiab] OR male breast cancers[tiab] OR (male [tiab] AND (breast malign* [tiab] OR breast oncolog* [tiab])) OR male breast carcinoma[tiab] OR male breast carcinomas[tiab])AND (“Causality”[Mesh] OR cause* [tiab] OR causalit* [tiab] OR causat* [tiab] OR reinforcing factor* [tiab] OR enabling factor* [tiab] OR predisposing factor* [tiab] OR predisposition* [tiab] OR risk factor* [tiab]) AND (English [la] OR Dutch [la])
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