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🗓️ 1 August 2023
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Although it's much more common in women, men get breast cancer, too -- it's not abnormal because we're all mammals, and we all have some amount of breast tissue. Learn about the symptoms and treatments in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cancer/breast/men-breast-cancer.htm
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0:00.0 | Deep in the mountains of Greece, the country's most-wanted man has been on the run for over a decade. |
0:07.0 | He's a bank robber, a kid napper, but to many Greeks, he's a hero. |
0:13.7 | His name is Vasili Spaliokostas, and we're on the trail of the man behind the men, a modern-day Robin Hood |
0:20.3 | who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. |
0:22.9 | A Miles Gray, listen to the Good Thief on the iHeartRadio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
0:30.0 | Welcome to Brain Stuff, a production of iHeartRadio. |
0:35.4 | Hey, Brain Stuff, Lauren Volgobom here. |
0:39.7 | A breast cancer is predominantly thought of as a women's disease. |
0:45.3 | But the thing about humans is that we're all mammals. |
0:49.0 | Men have breast tissue too, and men can also develop cancer in that tissue. |
0:55.3 | For the article that's episode is based on, how stuff works spoke with Dr. Nikita Shah, a section leader for breast medical oncology at Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center. |
1:05.0 | A sheet explained that the reaction to such a traditionally feminine diagnosis can be volatile for guys. |
1:11.6 | Quote, some men embrace and run with it. Some men look at it as, well, what's wrong with me? |
1:18.6 | In women and men, a breast cancer is more common if you have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation. |
1:25.4 | But not every man or woman with these mutations is destined to get breast cancer. |
1:30.4 | For guys with these mutations, the risk of getting breast cancer over the course of a lifetime is about 6%. |
1:36.4 | Still, experts recommend that men with a strong family history of breast cancer, or those who have been diagnosed already, |
1:43.0 | get genetic testing to determine whether a gene is at play. |
1:48.0 | How stuff works also spoke via email with Susan Brown, senior director of education and patient support with Susan G. Coleman. |
1:54.6 | As she said, the lifetime risk of getting breast cancer is about 1 in 833 in U.S. men compared to 1 in 8 for U.S. women. |
2:04.6 | A male breast cancer is account for only 1% of all cases diagnosed each year in the U.S., which equates to about 2000 cases annually. |
2:14.6 | But let's break down why this is, and how breast cancer works. |
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