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Can a 12 year old boy get breast cancer?
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No.: Breast cancer is very rare in men, occuring in less than 1:100, 000. This tends to occur at an older age in men as compared to women. I am unaware of breast cancer ever reported in a teenage male.
Answered 12/10/2013
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No: The chances of this are extremely unlikely. However there are other types of cancer that may present in the chest area. What is more likely is that he has gynacomastia, a benign swelling of the breast right under the nipple that is fairly common in adolescent males.
Answered 8/13/2013
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