Male Breast Cancer-GET checked while in Chemo

jlee79

This is a cautionary story and I'm sorry if it's a little sad. If you don't want to read this, just skip to the last line.

My cousin was diagnosed with male breast cancer. His son was the one who scratched him, on the bare chest, when playing, that's when he felt the bump for the first time and he thought it was from the scratch. When it didn't go away, he went to the drs and they told him it was breast cancer.

We thought we were in the clear because it was only stage two and nowhere else in the body. He had surgery to remove the lump and two lympnodes to be safe. They said he was in the clear and the chemo would make him in the clear. He went through chemo and apparently while he was doing Chemo it was spreading through his body. It went into his lungs then bones. From exactly one year after he was diagnosed, he passed away. He was in his early 30's. All the treatments he got, the drs couldn't give him any reassurance because there is so little research on how it effects male breast cancer. He went to the best drs. and they did their best.

I just wanted to post this to say...please continually get checked while in chemo. Fight for it.

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Hi jlee -- thank you for sharing your story. We're so sorry for your loss, and send our most sincere condolences.

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NotVeryBrave

That is very sad indeed. He is not the typical male breast cancer patient. I hope that he had genetic testing done since it would seem to be more likely to be genetic at such a young age.

More needs to be studied for men with breast cancer - every person is individual as is every cancer, but men get very little awareness and very few studies include them.

Traveltext

Thanks for sharing this story about your cousin. I've never heard of someone going from Stage II to Stage IV during chemo. Sorry for your loss.