Men Get Breast Cancer Too.

In honor of his father Brock, Adam Bowles designed a pink ribbon with blue. 

Brock’s wife Kriss put the design on stickers and hands them out wherever she goes.

The one complaint I have about the movie "Pink Ribbons, INC" is that they didn't mention that men get breast cancer, too. If they did mention it, it was brief enough that I missed it!  One person in the movie said that the risk factor BC patient says that being a woman is the biggest risk factor for breast cancer. That is certainly true, but it is false that ONLY women can get it.

Here is an article about male breast cancer. 

Simply being a woman is the main risk factor for developing breast cancer. Men can develop breast cancer, but this disease is about 100 times more common among women than men. This is likely because men have less of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, which can promote breast cancer cell growth. 

Source: this article.

Why am I writing about this topic first? Because I think it is too ignored. How many people know that men can get breast cancer? This fact is drowned in the sea of pink that is BC awareness. 

Since men do not consider the risk of breast cancer, they are often diagnosed at a later stage.

The major problem is that breast cancer in men is often diagnosed later than breast cancer in women. This may be because men are less likely to be suspicious of an abnormality in that area. In addition, their small amount of breast tissue is harder to feel -- making it more difficult to catch these cancers early, and allowing tumors to spread more quickly to the surrounding tissues.

Source: this article.

What to take away from reading this: Men should be aware of changes in their bodies. Check out this list of risk factors and be more vigilant in doing self checks if any apply to you. Now that I have had breast cancer, it means my five sons have a higher risk themselves. Now this is awareness they can use.

Stupid Pink of the Day:

At least it says ALL cancers and ALL people...but what good does this do? Wouldn't the money they spent painting this be put to better use as a donation to a research charity? Think before you pink!