Every year, 200 men across Australia discover they have breast cancer. Survivors want these men to know they're not alone, even though it might seem like it.
When Brett Wilson discovered a small, hard lump in his right breast one weekend, he was not too worried."I put the ultrasound referral in the glove box for two months then finally went and got it done," Mr Wilson said."Within two days, the doctor's surgery rang me and said, 'You have to come for an immediate appointment' — so I knew it wasn't good.""It was quite flooring, to be honest … you don't associate breast cancer with men," he said.
"I had an itch and I scratched it and went, 'Oh, there's a lump there', and then you move forward from there.'Men won't talk about it'Mr Bennett was 60 when he was diagnosed, and said there was little support that he could find outside of hospital."But after I was given the all-clear, all of a sudden it was like sitting on a three-legged chair and one of the legs got kicked away.
"Men won't talk about it, they don't check themselves … and by the time they find out it's too late, kiss your arse goodbye." Medical oncologist Belinda Kiely said the average woman's risk of developing breast cancer was about one in seven."The fundraising for breast cancer is also very pink.
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