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Male Breast Self Exam
by Pam Stephan |
Men who are at high risk for breast cancer can benefit from doing a male breast self exam on a regular basis. If breast cancer runs in your family, or you carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, you have a higher risk of developing male breast cancer. Here's how to do a
Male breast self-exam.
This is something new for me? Male breast cancer?
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I DID NOT KNOW THAT MALE BREAST CANCER EXISTS,AND I NOT KNOW THAT MALES CAN DEVELOP CANCER IN THEIR BREASTS.AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT MALE BREASTS WERE TOO SMALL TO EVEN DEVELOP A LUMP IN THEM.YOU’RE JOKING RIGHT!
Male breast cancer is indeed a real thing, men still have milk ducts and milk producing glands (though far fewer than women). Male breast cancer’s rate of fatality is also much higher than female due to delay in diagnose. Most male cases start in the milk ducts (ductal carcinoma) although the cancer can also start in the milk producing glands (lobular carcinoma). Family history of breast cancer, old age, obesity, liver disease, and radiation exposure are all risk factors of male breast cancer. If you have a lump, puckering or dimpling of skin, or any changes to your nipple, consult a doctor immediately and avoid becoming part of a statistic.