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Article: BREAST CANCER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE - MEN CAN GET IT TOO; Bill Steele was stunned when a lump on his chest was a disease associated with women.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2003
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Byline: STEVEN VENTURA
IT was Bill Steele's first trip to the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca. But as the father of three lay soaking up the sun at the hotel pool, it was also the first time he had experienced the looks and stares.
Months earlier, Bill, 48, had a breast removed. He is one of the 300 or so men who are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
He said: "Cancer doesn't discriminate. Both men and women have breasts and that means both can get cancer."
Two years after he was told he had the disease, Bill has learned to deal ...