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Small survey: Did you know men can get breast cancer?

Asked by poisonedantidote (21680points) August 8th, 2011

I was just reading this story about a man who could not get coverage. I did not know men could get breast cancer.

Were you aware?

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Seelix's avatar

Small answer: Yes.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

Yes men get it. Know who doesn’t? Dairy cows.

wundayatta's avatar

Yes. It’s fairly rare.

JLeslie's avatar

Yes. Anyone with breasts can get it. The father of a woman I worked with had breast cancer.

ucme's avatar

I’ve known for a fair few years now, if mammary serves.

FutureMemory's avatar

Yes, I was aware.

Cruiser's avatar

Yes, My uncle got it.

gailcalled's avatar

Yes. It’s common knowledge with women (like me) who have had breast cancer.

Mariah's avatar

Yup. I feel bad for men in that situation. It’s hard enough to have cancer when idiots aren’t giggling about it.

blueiiznh's avatar

smaller answer – Si

OpryLeigh's avatar

Yes I was aware.

downtide's avatar

Yes, I knew that.

MilkyWay's avatar

No. I didn’t know that.

SpatzieLover's avatar

Yep. Breast tissue is biased that way.

Seaofclouds's avatar

Yup, I’ve known it for a while now.

JLeslie's avatar

@poisonedantidote Maybe in your country it isn’t discussed as much. In America breast cancer is constanty in the limelight. So much so the heart disease people are annoyed that people, especially women, do not realize that 1 in 3 women die from heart disease every year, more than all cancers combined.

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