This gene causes the breast cancer cells to grow rapidly. Suppressing this stimulation with Herceptin can help women with advanced breast cancer. Yes to both questions. Men who get breast cancer usually develop it due to a strong family history. A man who has breast cancer in the family should also do his own breast exam.
Men are easier to examine due to having less breast tissue.
If a mass is felt, then a mammogram can be done. Also, if a family has a history of male breast cancer, then the women in the family are also considered to be at a much higher risk. This is a flag or marker that something has happened or is going wrong in the breast tissue. A single calcification is usually benign. Multiple calcifications, especially in a pattern that is localized, can be a sign of early noninvasive breast cancer or invasive breast cancer that is too small to cause a small lump but enough to cause a calcification.