Men In A Family Suffer From Breast Cancer

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

It is said that less than 1% of cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in men, but in the case of the English family of the Cooper that percentage seems a bad joke, since three of its male members have been victims of the disease in the last 13 years.

According to the BBC, one in 100,000 men is diagnosed with cancer in the UK, making the Cooper case even more bizarre.

"Part of me was not surprised. And the other thought … Wow, I have breast cancer!" Giles Cooper shared about the moment he received the news that he had this disease, that he had claimed the life of his father and your uncle.

The father passed away in 2004 and four years later his uncle died of the same cause, which is why the diagnosis Giles received two years ago did not completely amaze him.

Giles, who is also participating in research from the Institute of Cancer Research in London, is currently in the midst of his recovery process after a double mastectomy.

"I hope I can offer you something that will help you in your research, maybe it could lead to something," added the Englishman, who, by sharing his family's particular history, hopes to help in breast cancer awareness work, particularly among men..

Cancer cells in these cases develop in the breast tissue that men have behind their nipples, where lumps are generated that do not present any pain. Generally, the disease occurs in older adults who suffer from obesity and have a history of this condition in their family.