Men who are more likely to get breast cancer

A majority of men dismiss changes in their breasts or may be embarrassed to see a doctor, resulting in delay in diagnosis of breast cancer. To many, this is a woman’s disease.

“Just today I was counselling a young man diagnosed with breast cancer at only 28. He was traumatised on how and why he had a woman’s disease,” said David Makumi, an oncology manager at Aga Khan University Hospital.