CLOCK: Male breast cancer survivor shares his trip
CLOCK: Male breast cancer survivor shares his trip
CLOCK: Male breast cancer survivor shares his trip
Transcription for Man survivor of breast cancer shares his trip
It is well known that October is breast cancer awareness month, but what you may not know is that it is the week of awareness about male breast cancer. The numbers for women are amazing. More than 266,000 are expected to be diagnosed this year. Although not as common, men are also diagnosed with breast cancer and face problems of their own. These are the images of people who have developed breast cancer around the world. A small group of men whose stories are almost never heard. So sorry. What is he doing here? Men also have breast cancer. It is a real thing. Reporter: The new ABC series "A million small things" hits the subject in the tug of our hearts with the story of a man who is in remission of breast cancer. The examination I obtained clearly gave me permission to hold my breath for another three months. It makes men seem more vulnerable, what they are. Reporter: Brett Miller, a breast cancer expert who shows us her scars, is 17 when she noticed a lump behind her right nipple. After seven years of doctors who discarded him as puberty, he took a mammogram that revealed he had breast cancer at age 24. Entered by the door. It says women's clinic. There are other men there, but they are there with their partner, so I go back to take off my shirt and put on the pink dress. It was uncomfortable and clumsy. Reporter: After a mastectomy and four cycles of chemotherapy, Miller does not have cancer. But the road to recovery was not easy. According to the American society against cancer, one in 844 men will have breast cancer in their lives. In comparison with a possibility between eight for women. I did not want other men to be alone when they hear that the words say you have breast cancer because that's how I felt. Reporter: Then, Miller founded the male breast cancer coalition that offers support to more than 300 men and their families. We are talking about an average of six to seven men per day at this time. I no longer feel that I am alone because I have many other brothers with me in this struggle. He certainly does and very happy that he is doing well. Let's bring Dr. Jennifer Ashton. I'm so glad we're talking about this. I also. What are the similarities and differences? Well, let me be clear, if you have breasts that are obviously men and women, you need to know the signs and symptoms. That is the most important. We talk about breast cancer, we talk about things like a lump or palpable mass, changes in the skin, dimples in the skin or discharge of the nipple and / or a change in the nipple. That can happen in men or women. The good thing about doing it with men is that the breast tissue is much smaller, so you can usually pick it up, you know, quite easily. They can feel it. And a self-examination that we are always emphasizing and will show us a demonstration here. Yes, now, listen, this is not for the patient to determine, but in general in medicine and surgery when we feel a firm and fixed mass that does not move under your skin. That is a bit suspicious for a malignancy. When we feel that something is spinning, it is perhaps a little compressible, that is less worrisome, but I want to be clear, whatever you feel in your breast, whether you have an X chromosome or a Y chromosome, you can review it. I did regular self-exams and when I felt that, I immediately went to the doctor. In fact, I changed my appointment because I knew it was different that way. The chances of survival? Listen, like women, the chances of survival for male breast cancer are determined by the stage, the degree, if the lymph nodes are involved. The bad thing about male breast cancer, Robin, although it might be easier to be detected and we are talking about 2,500 men a year in this country, you might feel it before, but because the anatomy is closer in a man , it is actually picked up at a more advanced stage because, again, there is not much taste between the nipple and the ducts and the lymph nodes. There are some more at risk. There are risk factors for men. When we talk about male breast cancer, we get mutations etc. Brca, men also carry that and increase the risk of breast cancer, pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer, as well as for women. Exposure to estrogen, whether through medication or obesity, if you have a history of breast cancer or male breast cancer in the family, other medical conditions and obesity, these risk factors are common, so men should know. The piece with Brett, had this bulge. The doctors kept saying, oh, no, it's something else. As women, we face this when it comes to heart disease. Absolutely. Why in your profession is: you are talking about something so important now in medicine. It's issues of gender equality, depression, heart disease that differ in their pension for a man versus a woman. Then there are things with many similarities. Breast cancer, for example, but what men face here in terms of really a gender stigma is wrong, just as it is wrong when women face it, so when we talk about this, we want men and women circle that surrounds them know that we see them, Listen, you deserve to be treated properly and only think in the conscience. It is true. The awareness campaign, the breast center has been incredible but, robin, the color is pink. This should not have color and that is what we are doing here. I recently spent it with my older brother. He was with him during the weekend. He celebrated his 70th. I had a tumor. It was recently retired. Fortunately it did not spread and it was on his chest and it will be fine, so I am very happy.
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