{"id":2202,"date":"2015-10-27T05:43:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T10:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2015-10-27T05:43:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T10:43:18","slug":"men-can-get-breast-cancer-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/men-can-get-breast-cancer-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Men Can Get Breast Cancer Too"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Men can get breast cancer too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although rare, breast cancer does affect men. Roughly 1 percent of all cases occur in men, meaning a few thousand U.S. males are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. As with female breast cancer, the male form typically begins with lumps and progresses if untreated.<\/span><\/p>\n

The way men seek diagnosis and treatment has evolved over the years. As awareness campaigns and media spotlight increased the visibility of the disease, a larger number of men are getting screened and treated for breast cancer risk factors.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator <\/span>recently reported<\/span><\/a> a trend of men electing to undergo a double mastectomy as treatment \u2014 and as a preventive measure upon discovering genetic risk factors. A recent JAMA Surgery study found that contralateral prophylactic mastectomy surgery had risen from 3 percent to 5.6 percent among male patients with one tumor. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA Culture of Awareness\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The increase in male patients receiving mastectomies comes on the heels of other recent reports about changes in the way breast cancer is diagnosed and treated. Some research has suggested that frequent mammograms in women had led to over-diagnosis. <\/span><\/p>\n

The preventive double mastectomy option \u2014 highlighted by actress Angelina Jolie\u2019s treatment due to BRCA1 gene mutation \u2014 has sparked debate about elective surgery conducted based on risk factors rather than the presence of cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Authors of the JAMA Surgery have concluded that men should carefully weigh all options when facing information about breast cancer risks and <\/span>cancer treatment options<\/span><\/a>. Tissue removal may only be beneficial for some patients.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about innovative cancer treatments, <\/span>contact us<\/span><\/a> at Issels\u00ae. We provide non-toxic therapies and <\/span>immunotherapy<\/span><\/a>, with an emphasis on personalized care.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although rare, breast cancer does affect men. Roughly 1 percent of all cases occur in men, meaning a few thousand U.S. males are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. As with female breast cancer, the male form typically begins with lumps and progresses if untreated. The way men seek diagnosis and treatment has evolved over … Continue reading Men Can Get Breast Cancer Too<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[473,201,204],"tags":[243,474],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breast-cancer","category-cancer-care-tips","category-living-with-cancer","tag-breast-cancer","tag-men-and-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}