Breast Cancer		Risk of Death in Men with Breast Cancer   Are men with breast cancer more likely to die of their disease than are women with breast cancer? In the past, the prognosis for men with breast cancer was thought to be worse than that for women, but this now has been shown not to be true. Stage for stage, the survival rates of breast cancer are equal in men and women. In other words, men and women with the same stage of breast cancer have a similar outlook for survival. Although in the past, men with breast cancer were more frequently diagnosed with more advanced stages of disease, this may no longer be true. Questions Related to Risk of Death in Men with Breast Cancer Can men get breast cancer? How can men get breast cancer when they don't have breasts? What puts a man at risk for breast cancer? What are the signs of male breast cancer? Is treatment for breast cancer in men the same as for women? What types of breast cancer do men suffer from most commonly? Why is breast cancer not as common in men as it is in women? What is gynecomastia? What is Klinefelter's syndrome? Page 1 of 1    | 1 |

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