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1. Pseudo Obscure Says:
   August 2nd, 2007 at 11:45 am

   Yes, about 1.5% of cases.

2. Manda Says:
   August 2nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm

   Men can have breast cancer because they also have breast tissue…. but it is rare.

3. rhonda c Says:
   August 4th, 2007 at 5:59 am

   Yes, I saw a documentary on TV about it. It’s not as common as for women, but there have been cases of breast cancer in men.

4. gangadharan_nair Says:
   August 4th, 2007 at 10:46 am

   Because the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast cancer also occurs in males. Incidences of breast cancer in men are approximately 100 times less common than in women, but men with breast cancer are considered to have the same statistical survival rates as women.

5. Jayaraman Says:
   August 7th, 2007 at 9:04 am

   Yes -

   Even though men do not have Breasts like women, they do have a small amount of breast tissue. In fact the Breasts of an adult man are similar to the breasts of a girl before puberty, and consist of a few ducts surrounded by breast and other tissue. In girls, this tissue grows and develops in response to female hormones, but in men, who do not secrete the same amounts of these hormones, this tissue does not develop.

   However, because it is still breast tissue, men can develop breast cancer. In fact, men get the same types of breast cancers that women do, although cancers involving the milk producing and storing regions of the breast are very rare. Breast cancer in men is a very rare disease. This is possibly due to their smaller amount of breast tissue and the fact that men produce smaller amounts of hormones like estrogen that are known to affect breast cancers in women. Only a tiny fraction of breast cancers diagnosed - less than 1% - occur in men. And because it happens so infrequently, much is still unknown about male breast cancer. It is very rare for a man under age 35 to get breast cancer, but the likelihood of developing the disease increases with age. Family history in a close female relative and a history of radiation exposure of the chest can also increase the risk.

   The clearest risk for developing breast cancer seems to be in men who have had an abnormal enlargement of their breasts in response to drug or hormone treatments, or even some infections and poisons. Individuals with a rare genetic disease called Klinefelters syndrome, are especially prone to develop breast cancer. Men with severe liver disease tend to have lower levels of male hormones, (androgens) and higher levels of female hormones (estrogens) putting them at an increased risk of developing breast cancer.

   The major problem is that breast cancer in men is often diagnosed later than breast cancer in women. This may be because men are less likely to be suspicious of an abnormality in that area. In addition, their small amount of breast tissue is harder to feel and allowing tumors to spread more quickly to the surrounding tissues.

   Men also have very similar symptoms as women have. Most male breast cancers are diagnosed when a man discovers a lump on his chest. However, unlike women, men tend to go to the doctor with more severe symptoms that often include bleeding from the nipple and abnormalities in the skin above the cancer.
   The symptoms, diagnosis and treatment techniques for male breast cancers are similar to that of female (physical exams, mammograms, and biopsies) and the same four treatments that are used in treating breast cancer in women (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormones) are also used to treat the disease in men. So, it is very essential that the awareness is spread among men also.

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6. njdocisin Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

   First off, its “breast”.
   Second, yes, they can, but it is uncommon and usually occurs in older men (70+)

7. Tarkarri Says:
   August 10th, 2007 at 5:16 pm

   Yes, my Grandfather had it and we had a man in my breast cancer support group who had been through it.

   It is rare, and I have never heard of a male child or adolescent developing it, only much older men.

8. help Says:
   August 13th, 2007 at 1:34 am

   I don’t thing so,

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