Tom asked:
Hi, i was just wondering if an 18 year old MALE can get breast cancer? i currently have 2 larger lumps (soft now) but when i was younger they were hard when i was about 14. i recently went to the docter cuz i was haveing some chest pains on both the right and left side of my chest, and mentioned the lumps in my breast. he told me that it was completly normal and its just clumps of estrogen that i yet have to get rid of. but i dont no, i feel like he didnt really do anything (no tests ect). i also get sharp pains under both my armpits and caller bone sometimes. i dont know if this is normal or not. or mabe this is just part of puberty??
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The chances of an 18 year old male having breast cancer are just about zero.
Men do get breast cancer, but fewer than 1% of those diagnosed with breast cancer are male. Most men diagnosed with it are over 60.
80% of all people diagnosed with breastcancer are over 50. It’s rare in women under 40, fewer than 0.1% of women diagnosed are under 30, and it’s almost unheard of in under 25s.
So you can see how unlikely it would be for a teenage male to have breast cancer
Most breast lumps in men are actually a condition called gynaecomastia, a button-like growth under the nipple and areola area that can be felt and is sometimes visible to the naked eye and occasionally it can be quite tender.
This increase in the amount of breast tissue is not a tumour and occurs due to changes in hormone balances at times like adolescence.