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Although breast cancer is rare in men, it can and does happen. Both boys and girls are born with breast tissue, which consists of a few ducts found under the nipple area. The difference is that at puberty, a girl’s hormones cause her breast ducts to grow whereas a boy’s hormones don’t. Because male breast cells are less developed and are not bathed in female growth-promoting hormones, they are much less likely to develop breast cancer.

Unfortunately, because of the common misconception that men can’t get breast cancer, when a man really is diagnosed with it, the cancer is usually at an advanced stage. Breast cancer occurs when the cells in the breast grow abnormally and divide more quickly. These cells form a tumor that may then spread to surrounding tissue, to the lymph nodes or to other parts of the body. The most common type of male breast cancer affects the milk ducts and is called ductal carcinoma. Another type, known as lobular breast cancer, affects the milk-producing glands and is much more rare because men have few, if any, of these glands.

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Jennifer Horton

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http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/men-get-breast-cancer

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