first surprise. And the irony is that even though I work at a pharmaceutical company that produces two of the most widely prescribed breast cancer drugs - Tamoxifen and Arimidex - I had simply no idea that men could get it. I discovered my lump by accident. I was in the gym changing room and glanced across at a mirror. I noticed that my chest looked a little unbalanced, that the right side appeared bigger. When I had a closer look, there was a lump about the size of a 50 pence piece to the left of my right nipple. It felt hard to the touch. I have annual medicals and was aware of prostate and testicular cancer but not of male breast cancer, so I gave it no more thought. However, the following evening we were having dinner with a GP friend and the topic of breast cancer and how common it is came up. It prompted me to say with a laugh, 'Well, I've got a lump, what do you think of that?' My friend felt the lump and advised me to see my GP straight away. Of course, it never occurred to me that I might have breast cancer, I just imagined it would be a cyst. I made an appointment for the next day, only to be referred to a consultant. Even then, I presumed it was just some sort of harmless growth. I was sent off for further tests and had a biopsy, when a