'Men get breast cancer too': Male patients open up about fighting the disease
msn.comone in seven women in the UK develop the condition at some point in their life.Many may not realise, however, around 370 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.A lack of awareness means the male death rate is disproportionately high, with 80 men dying from the disease every 12 months.Andy Mason, from Reading, suspected something was wrong when he developed a stabbing pain in his left nipple that had not eased several months later.“It was my wife Michelle who forced me to go to the doctor,” he said.Mason’s GP referred him to the Royal Berkshire Hospital.“[That] was my first inkling something was wrong,” he said.“I was aware at the time men could get breast cancer; I knew it existed, but I didn’t know what to check for.“I had no lump.
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