Male breast cancer is rare, making it that much more important to recognize.
PUBLISHED March 14, 2018
Khevin Barnes is a Male Breast Cancer survivor, magician and speaker. He is currently writing, composing and producing a comedy stage musical about Male Breast Cancer Awareness. He travels wherever he is invited to speak to (and do a little magic for) men and women about breast cancer. www.BreastCancerSpeaker.com www.MaleBreastCancerSurvivor.com
1. You are more likely to die in a house fire in any given year than you are of contracting male breast cancer. The odds of not getting this disease are definitely in your favor if you’re a man—about 1,000 to 1. It’s an orphan disease, with an estimated 2,550 new cases expected this year, with about 480 men dying from it. To put that in perspective, in 2018, an estimated 266,120 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 63,960 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
2. Not just older men get male breast cancer. Male breast cancer accounts for 1 percent of all breast cancer cases, and men tend to be diagnosed at an older age than women. The average age for males is about 67 years. I was diagnosed when I was 64 years old, which fits the projections well. Bret Miller, the co-founder of The Male Breast Cancer Coalition was just 24 when he was diagnosed, so there are exceptions.
2. Not just older men get male breast cancer. Male breast cancer accounts for 1 percent of all breast cancer cases, and men tend to be diagnosed at an older age than women. The average age for males is about 67 years. I was diagnosed when I was 64 years old, which fits the projections well. Bret Miller, the co-founder of The Male Breast Cancer Coalition was just 24 when he was diagnosed, so there are exceptions.
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