Using Humor to Cope With Breast CancerWhile getting breast cancer is no joke, especially advanced breast cancer, many in the patient community find humor helps them navigate diagnosis and treatments. “If you don’t laugh, you’re going...reactions9comments
Long-term Caregiving for a Metastatic PatientIt is a lucky breast cancer patient who has a caregiver as good as Linda Holden. From the time her husband, Bob, was diagnosed stage IV de novo in 2003...reactionscomments
Screening High-Risk Men for Breast CancerSince mammography became widespread in the 1980s, the U.S. breast cancer death rate in women, which was unchanged for the previous 50 years, had dropped 43 percent by 2015. Breast...reactions2comments
Stigma for Men With a Breast Cancer DiagnosisThe most common reaction from men when they are diagnosed with breast cancer is, "I didn’t know men got this" and usually following this statement is an embarrassment. A newly...reactionscomments
Breast Cancer in Young WomenFemale breast cancer is most frequently diagnosed among women aged 55 – 74. The average age that women are diagnosed with breast cancer is 63. But, women under 40 account...reactionscomments
Advanced Breast Cancer: A Man’s PerspectiveBeing newly diagnosed with advanced breast cancer is a shock no less for men, than it is for women. Fortunately, Gary Wong, an Architect from Milpitas, San Jose region, is...reactionscomments
Battle Metaphors For Breast CancerLong a topic for breast cancer patients on social media, no disease metaphors stir patients as much as being told they are battling the disease. So, on BreastCancer.org recently, a...reactions6comments
I’m a Man with Chest Cancer! I Beg Your Pardon?The Male Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) recently invited Dr. Mathew Knowles, the academic, speaker, and music industry icon, who was recently diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, to speak to...reactions2comments
Advocating for Male Breast Cancer PatientsBeing a patient advocate is satisfying, and advocating for men unfortunate enough to be diagnosed with breast cancer provides a real service for a cohort who often don’t even realize...reactions1comment
Male Breast Reconstruction: Fixed or Flat?Why a man might worry about breast reconstruction after a mastectomy is a fair question. For women, on the other hand, breasts are more often an essential part of their...reactions1comment
Male Breast Cancer Resources After the shock of a diagnosis, and about to begin treatment for breast cancer, I found that most information about the disease was aimed at women. This should have been...reactionscomments
Grief in the Digital Era: Mourning A Virtual FriendMany who have experienced it, say that the grief felt when we lose a loved one who we’ve lived with, or met many times, is different from that experienced when...reactionscomments
Testing Family Members for the BRCA GenesThe BRCA genes made world headlines in 2013 when Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer following a BRCA1 gene mutation diagnosis. Ms...reactionscomments
The New Normal? Breast Cancer People Have COVID-19 CoveredBreast cancer patients live with a “new normal” on a daily basis. Months of treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and, if their cancer metastasizes, further drug regimens, leads us to...reactionscomments
Breast Cancer Risk in Transgender PeopleTransgender people, those who assume a gender identity and/or gender expression differs from their sex assigned at birth, typically, but not always, feel that they are men born into a...reactionscomments
