PLEASE SHARE: 10 Myths and Facts About Male Breast CancerMen living with this disease are coming out and rejecting the shame and embarrassment of being diagnosed with a so-called women's disease. Many of us are active patient advocates for our brothers and sisters with breast cancer. In the United States, alone, around 2,620 men are diagnosed annually, and over 500 will die from breast cancer.1 Help us spread the word: breast cancer is a genderless disease!https://advancedbreastcancer.net/living/male-breas...

Thanks @Sister . Chest cancer has been tried but there's no such disease and it causes confusion. I know guys who started out calling it this and gave up when people said "what?"The blokes are missing because they are embarrassed to have what is considered a women's disease. It's taken me five years to realise this. BCNA used to champion us, but they have lost the plot on male breast cancer. You might remember Rob Fincher here a couple of years ago. I worked with him before he passed and we wrote a manifesto which everyone is free to distribute:http://malebc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MBCmanifesto6.pdfThanks for your and many others support. The aim is to raise community awareness that this is a genderless disease. We'll get there.

@Blossom1961 Thanks, a terrible but all too familiar situation. I edit dories for the US-based Male Breast Cancer Coalition, and I hear this all the time. In my situation, I had three visits to my GP over three months and I had to insist, finally, on a scan. Not once did she examine my breast. As I knew, the lump was breast cancer, in fact Stage IIIB Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Fortunately, I received excellent treatment and six years later there's no evidence of the disease.

Super dooper you are a trooper!Wonderful to see your continued inspirational input TraveltexAll the bestBright in hope

Yep, that can be a problem. Men are very dodgy with health issues anyway. Thanks for the reality check.

I was thinking of you the other day @traveltext - I haven't noticed the blokes on here much lately. I will continue to advocate for men being aware - I wonder if it were called chest cancer, whether the outcome would be different...

10 Myths and Facts About Male Breast Cancer

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June1952
Member
6 years ago
Hi @traveltext
Do you know how many men are members of this site ?
Is it possible for BCNA to pick up the cause and be a bit more proactive for you ?
C'mon, men, get us women connected again, we miss your comments etc.
traveltext
Member
6 years ago
Thanks @Sister . Chest cancer has been tried but there's no such disease and it causes confusion. I know guys who started out calling it this and gave up when people said "what?"

The blokes are missing because they are embarrassed to have what is considered a women's disease. It's taken me five years to realise this. BCNA used to champion us, but they have lost the plot on male breast cancer. You might remember Rob Fincher here a couple of years ago. I worked with him before he passed and we wrote a manifesto which everyone is free to distribute:

http://malebc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MBCmanifesto6.pdf

Thanks for your and many others support. The aim is to raise community awareness that this is a genderless disease.

We'll get there.
Sister
Member
6 years ago
I was thinking of you the other day @traveltext - I haven't noticed the blokes on here much lately. I will continue to advocate for men being aware - I wonder if it were called chest cancer, whether the outcome would be different...
traveltext
Member
6 years ago
Yep, that can be a problem. Men are very dodgy with health issues anyway. Thanks for the reality check.
June1952
Member
6 years ago
Will continue to do so @traveltext but unfortunately many men seem to think us females are somewhat stupid and unless they have a mate who has been diagnosed they simply ignore the possibility.
We can only keep on plodding to get the word out ......
brightspace
Member
6 years ago
Super dooper you are a trooper!
Wonderful to see your continued inspirational input Traveltex
All the best
Bright in hope

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