Breast diseases histologically diagnosed at a tertiary facility in Uganda (2005–2014)

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Table 3 Median ages by gender for benign and cancerous breast diseases diagnosed at the MakCHS Histopathology lab 2005–2014

Breast pathology type	Breast disease diagnosed	Female	Male	Both sexes
Benign	Fibroadenoma	20	23	20
	Fibrocystic breast disease	23	43	23
	Sclerosing adenosis	25	63	27
	Mastitis	35	60	35
	Gynaecomastia	n/a	28	28
	All benign diseases	21	38	21
Cancer	Ductal carcinoma	48	52	49
	Lobular carcinoma	47	n/a	47
	Papillary carcinoma	43	0	43
	Medullary carcinoma	45	0	45
	Adenocarcinoma unspecified	49	67	50
	“Breast Malignancy”	50	65	50
	All cancers	48	64	49
All breast diseases		26	49	26

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