Question 1

what causes women to get breast cancer more often than men? is it because of cosmetics?

Accepted Answer

Not cosmetic: Women have many more active cells in their breast tissue resposible for milk production. All of these cells respond and change to the monthly hormonal changes that a woman experiences all the way from their first menstrual cycle as a teenager to menopause. Breast cancer most commonly forms in these active cells of the milk ducts or lobules. These breast tissue cells are much less prominent in men.

Question 2

why do fewer men get testiculur and breast cancer than women get breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Different cells: Cancer rates are different depending on the type of cancer.  Testicular cancer rates are different from breast cancer rates, not because one is in a male and one in a female, but because they arise from the cells of different organs of the body.

Question 3

cancer: do men get breast cancer at the same rate of incidence as women during most of their lifetime?

Accepted Answer

No: no the breast cancer in men is significantly less prevalence than women. 
breast cancer does occur in men. In 2012 it was estimated that 2,190 new cases in males would develop, with 410 deaths. It tends to occur at a later age in men than in women, with the male peak age being 71 years old as opposed to peaks at 51 and 71 years old in women.
Some men ignore breast lumps or think they are caused by an infection
or some other reason and they do not get medical treatment until the mass has grown
significantly.

Question 4

if a woman has a sex change operation and becomes a man, can she still get breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Breast ca: Yes.  Both men and women get breast cancer.   The shutting off of the ovaries will decrease the estrogen production but the testosterone shots have their own issues.  Regardless, the risk is still there.

Question 5

do fat men get breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Any man, fat or thin, can get breast cancer, although the lifetime risk is only 1:1000.  High-fat diets have been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, however I am unaware of any study that has shown any increase breast cancer risk in obese men as compared to other men.

Question 6

why don't men get breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

They do.: Men do get breast cancer, but their risk is considerably less than the risk in women.  Breast cancer is a disease of hormonally-active breast tissue;  therefore, with very little breast tissue, their risks are much less.

Question 7

can teenage men get breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

No: Breast cancer is much more rare in men than women, occuring in about 1:100, 000 men.  The rare man with breast cancer tends to be diagnosed at a later age than women.  I am unaware of any reported case of breast cancer in a teenaged male.

Question 8

are women more prone to breast cancer than men?

Accepted Answer

Yes: The odds of a woman developing breast cancer is about 100x greater than a man's risk.

Question 9

why is breast cancer more common in women than in men?

Accepted Answer

Hormones: It is more common primarily because women have more estrogen and progesterone.

Question 10

can you tell me how do men get breast cancer and where on that area does the cancer form?

Accepted Answer

Uncommon but occurs: Male breast cancer is most common in older men, though male breast cancer can occur at any age.  Although the incidence is 1/100 less frequent than women, the presentation is the same, usually a small mass under the nipple.  Risk factors for male breast cancer include exposure to radiation, a family history of breast cancer, and having high estrogen levels.  Treatment entails removal of the breast.

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