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Article: REAL PATIENTS REAL STORIES Though uncommon, men can get breast cancer

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Breast cancer is just not a woman's disease. Male breast cancer is a disease that can have potentially devastating consequences.

Women are hundred times more likely than men to develop this disease. It happens most often to men between the ages of 60 and 70. Risk factors include prior exposure to radiation or a family history of breast cancer.

Symptoms of male breast cancer include lumps, changes to the nipple or breast skin, or nipple discharge. Treatment for male breast cancer is usually a mastectomy, which means removal of the breast. Other treatments include radiation, chemotherapy and/or hormone therapy.

Common signs of male breast cancer are not much different than the more prevalent ...

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