extintedboy asked:
i was going through msn.com and i read that there is indeed ” male breast cancer”. Is it true? then i’m guessin it was here from a long time ago.. how can u get it? are the symptoms similar to female breast cancer? what are the carcinogens? please and thank you
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Yes+it+is+true.+I+worked+with+a+man+who+recently+died+from+breast+cancer.+Carcinogens+are+toxins+from+things+like+car+exhaust+fumes+and+in+certain+things+we+breath+in+and+ingest+via+our+skin+and+stomachs.
Yes%3B+males+can+get+breast+cancer.++It%27s+comparatively+rare%2C+as+it%27s+influenced+by+estrogen%2C+of+which+men+make+comparatively+little%2C+but+it+certainly+occurs.++Male+breast+tissue+isn%27t+particularly+different+from+female+breast+tissue%3B+there%27s+just+not+as+much+of+it+since+it+doesn%27t+go+through+accelerated+development+during+puberty.%0A%0AMale+breast+cancer+is+associated+with+mutations+in+some+of+the+same+genes+as+breast+cancer+in+women+-+BRCA1+and+BRCA2+%28you%27ll+hear+them+pronounced+as+%22brakka%22+one+and+two%2C+respectively%29.++People+with+these+mutations+%28both+male+and+female%29+are+also+at+greater+risk+for+malignant+melanomas%2C+a+form+of+skin+cancer%2C+and+those+with+BRCA1+mutations+are+also+at+greater+risk+for+pancreatic+cancer.++Men+with+the+BRCA2+mutation+have+a+higher+risk+of+prostate+cancer+as+well.++%0A%0AIt+all+boils+down+to+the+fact+that%2C+before+puberty%2C+males+and+females+have+far+more+similarities+than+differences%2C+and+that+we+are+all+essentially+the+same+in+utero.
Breast+cancer+is+breast+cancer+whether+the+patient+is+male+or+female+it+is+the+same+disease.+No+one+knows+the+cause+of+cancer.+We+do+know+breast+cancer+is+hormone+related.
Men+have+breast+tissue+and+so+can+develop+breast+cancer.%0A%0AIt%27s+rare+though%3B+fewer+than+1%25+of+all+those+diagnosed+with+breast+cancer+are+male.+Most+men+diagnosed+with+it+are+over+60%2C+though+I+have+met+a+very+few+in+their+late+forties+and+fifties+through+breast+cancer+support+networks.%0A%0ANobody+knows+what+causes+breast+cancer%2C+in+men+or+women.%0A%0AThere+is+no+such+condition+as+%27male+breast+cancer%27%3B+it+is+exactly+the+same+cancer+as+women+get%2C+and+treated+in+exactly+the+same+way
Contrary+to+2+of+the+posts+here%2C+breast+cancer+in+males+%28and+in+about+25%25+of+females%29+is+not+related+to+hormones.%0A%0ABreast+cancer+in+males+is+usually+what+is+referred+to+as+%22triple+negative%22+–+negative+for+estrogen%2C+progesterone%2C+and+HER2+receptors.+%0A%0ABRCA1%2F2+cancers+are+also+usually+triple+negative.
Yes – it is true, although rare.
If you go to there are details of a male celebrity that has just been diagnosed with this.
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