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→Breast cancer occurs 100 times more frequently in women than in men... but...
No time to work on this myself right now, but... I know a man who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and he tells me that when it ''does'' occur in men it is apt to be very dangerous. He's getting regular radiation therapy now, and things seem to be going OK, but it's a very serious business. And men often miss or ignore the symptoms because they don't know it can occur in men. He says he's on a mission to convince ''men'' to perform regular breast self-examination. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 18:18, 10 April 2007 (EDT)
No time to work on this myself right now, but... I know a man who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and he tells me that when it ''does'' occur in men it is apt to be very dangerous. He's getting regular radiation therapy now, and things seem to be going OK, but it's a very serious business. And men often miss or ignore the symptoms because they don't know it can occur in men. He says he's on a mission to convince ''men'' to perform regular breast self-examination. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 18:18, 10 April 2007 (EDT)
:Absolutely correct. Because it's so uncommon in men it doesn't usually get caught until it's fairly advanced, so prognoses are often not as good as they are for women. [[User:Murray|Murray]] 19:26, 10 April 2007 (EDT)
== Risk factors ==
== Risk factors ==