Largest study of its kind finds male breast cancer on the rise
Source: (cancerfacts.com)
Monday, May 24, 2004
HOUSTON – May 24, 2004 – The rate of male breast cancer is on the rise and the disease in men is usually detected when the tumors are bigger, have spread and may be more aggressive, compared to diagnosis of the disease in women, concludes the largest study ever conducted of male breast cancer.
According to the American Cancer Society, the incidence of the disease in men has increased from about 1,500 cases in 2001 to about 1,600 cases in 2004.
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