Daily Cancer Risk Fact: Men

Autor: Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN
Posted: Abril 24, 2012

23. Men

True or false: Men can - and do - get breast cancer.True. Breast cancer in men accounts for about 1 percent of all breast cancers and about 0.2 percent of all cancers in men. There will be about 2,190 new cases of male breast cancer in 2012, compared with 229,000 cases in women.See complete information at www.philly.com/whatsmyrisk.Join us every day this month for a special project between Philly.com/health and OncoLink. Throughout the month of April, What's My Risk? will provide a daily fact you may not know about your risk of getting cancer.What's My Risk? is a comprehensive program designed to help the user learn about factors that determine their personal risk of many types of cancer and what they can do to decrease that risk. Find out more about Cancer Risk and Prevention.

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