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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but male survivors of the disease say they're often overlooked.
October should not be 100 percent pink. I'm trying to put a splash of blue in there," Michael Singer, a 56-year-old breast cancer survivor in the Bronx who is promoting Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week Oct. 16-22, told newsmen
Stephen Cone is a 66-year-old resident of Washington, D.C. who has battled breast cancer twice and feels excluded.
It's like we're totally invisible, he stated. Men [with breast cancer] are never mentioned by the NFL. We're not mentioned by Susan Komen. We're definitely not on the radar.
Breast cancer occurs about 100 times less often in men than women, but about 2,600 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year, and 440 will die of the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.
Unlike women, men haven't been educated about breast cancer detection so the disease is often found at a later stage, which leads to a lower survival rate among male breast cancer patients.
There is this myth that men can't get it, so that leads to lumps and masses being ignored, and treatment and diagnosis is delayed, Dr. Paula Klein, an oncologist at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, told newmen.
Men with breast cancer also have more difficultly finding support and face higher levels of stigma than women.
Men, if you do get diagnosed with this, you are not alone, said Singer, who advocates for the American Cancer Society and the Male Breast Cancer Alliance, the Daily News reported. "You have that loneliness, and all of the fear and emotions running through you, but there are other men out there you can reach out and talk to.
Source: DailyNews, HWN Africa.
: 2016-10-18 18:39:40 | : 1464
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