This year it is expected
that 144 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer. While this is a small
proportion of the total number of people diagnosed – less than 1 per cent –
it’s a diagno...
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Congratulations and thanks to BCNA for creating this new day for awareness that men get this disease too.
Because we are diagnosed later, our prognosis is poorer. Here is our manifesto:
More here: http://malebc.org/manifesto/
Because we are diagnosed later, our prognosis is poorer. Here is our manifesto:
We ask breast cancer groups to:
• Reduce the sexual stereotyping of breast cancer as being exclusively a female disease.
• Include a splash of blue among the pink to raise awareness of male breast cancer.
• Institute a day in October to publicise male breast cancer.
• Advocate for one percent of funds raised on research for male breast cancer.
• Advocate for a screening program for men with an hereditary predisposition to breast cancer.
• Provide inclusive imagery and language across all mediums to acknowledge the disease exists in men.
• Build a sense of importance and belonging within cancer support groups for male breast cancer patients and their carers.
• Provide easy access to relevant up-to-date information for men that is prominently displayed and accessible by all groups.
• Promote breast cancer research and development funding programs that include the male experience.