40 Breast Cancer Myths Busted With Facts

36. No Breasts No Cancer!

Myth: Only women suffer from breast cancer as they have breasts. We agree that men don’t have breasts and so they aren’t prone to breast cancer. That’s not the reality though.

Fact: Men do have breast tissues and can get breast cancer. The only reason why men are less prone to this disease is that the breast tissues in mean are much less than that of women. Mostly, it occurs in 60s men but younger ages can also be affected.

In 2015, around 2,350 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 440 breast cancer deaths are expected among men in the U.S. Approx 62,000 women and 390 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year.