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traveltext
11 years agoMember
Pink and blue, men get breast cancer too
Men with breast cancer have a lesser chance of survival than women. It is generally recognised that this is because they are diagnosed later than women since they and their health practitioners are n...
June1952
11 years agoMember
Good on you for helping to raise the awareness - and for standing up alongside us 'pink ladies'.
I wonder if women need to be hassling partners to be more aware of the possibilily of breast cancer in men ? It is often us who push the issue of bowel cancer tests and checking for prostate cancer so we should add this subject into the equation.
I do think men are pushing the proverbial uphill with medical practitioners as yet because many are too scared to face the possibility for themselves, especially the 'older' male doctors in the 60+ range.
Keep up the good work.
Summer :-)