John Unverzagt's wife, Kathy, first found the lump in his breast. She's my best friend. The doctor told him he would probably need a mastectomy. Preventive medicine has always been a priority for John because cancer runs in his family. He is not alone.
Most men think they are immune from breast cancer.
The disease is rare in men and represents only one out of every hundred cases of breast cancer. But all types of the disease that are seen in women can occur in men. The lack of media attention and public information about male breast cancer makes it more deadly. Men are not told to do self-breast exams or get mammograms. Because many doctors do not screen for breast cancer in male patients, tumors have often spread locally before they are diagnosed.