Breast Cancer in men Hi Bill,
Thank you so much for your response, about using the term “male” and breast cancer. You have made it much clearer for me. I was wondering if i could use your response on a website i have created, Your response could feature in an article about the term ‘male’ and breast cancer.
Take care of yourself
Best wishes
Elvina
of course you can as long as you correct my awful spelling!! I’m glad you understand where I’m coming from. I would also like you to tell me where I could find the website.
Take care and besr wishes
Bill
Clarks shoes!! Hi Morag
did I write something about Clarks shoes on this website? I was wondering if I had I usually tell people that’s why I got breast cancer but I can’t remember posting it here.
Maybe there’s too much aluminium in the water!!
Take care - by the way it’s really cold here now!!
Bill
HA HA -Yes Bill…thats the reason you have it…cos you wore clarks shoes as a child…(oN YOUR PROFILE)…LOL.not good with this new keyboard hubby bought me a cordless one…sometimes its a non typing one too…I will ask the moderator nicely for your email address…it would be nice to be in touch with someone who understands all my fears etc…BTW I’m glad I cant send cyber germs… my 11 year old had just been diagnosed with mumps so think my chemo will be cancelled I phoned the unit this morning to tell them (AS YOU DO) and they said there was a god chance it would be cancelled for 2 weeks…than I said do I really have to keep a hormonal 11 year old off school for all that time…they said yep…its standard policy…BLOODY HELL…might be signing myself into the mental unit by the end of the 2 weeks…you take care and be well
Love Morag
Thanks for ageeing Hi Bill,
Thank you for allowing me to feature your comments on my website, it should feature on my website in a week or so.
My website is: www.sunflowerministries.org
Take care and Best wishes
Elvina
How what why? Please forgive my absolute ignorance about breast cancer in men - I only ventured into this bit of the forum yesterday and was intrigued and amazed to find how little I know. Is breast cancer in men hormonally influenced? I ask because so much credence is put on the effect of oestregen on women’s bodies, and the fact of testing for ER and PR status - is this done in men’s cases too? What about HER? They are always pointing at risk factors in women (early periods, lateness of having children, not breasfeeding, late menopause) what risk factors do they seek for men? Are there any implications placed on the release of oestregens into the food chain? Sorry, tell me to mind my own business if you like, but it has set off a whole new train of thought…
-me too carling…(AS IN LAGER???)…I knew nothing about male breast cancer til I got this dammed gremlin and joined a local suport group. but now I understand more about it…after all as bill says we all have the same rudimentary bits just that we use them differently now I am more interested in the disease I find that I am being nosey and asking more questions. I dont mean to be rude but I have to ask things cos if you dont ask you dont know etc!! anyway I must go…had a really bad day today very tearful and thought my lovely hubby didnt want me anymore turns out he was waiting for me to make a move, but to compensate he is taking us for a curry.(USED TO WORK!!) SO OFF i GO…HAVE A GOOD NIGHT WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING
Don’t worry Morag,
Don’t worry about asking questions, I’ve often heard it said that the only stupid questions is the one that is never asked.
Besides, it’s nice to have someone interested in the other side of the street and can i come for a curry too!
Brian
awwwwwww Brian if you were closer you could have come for a curry…we are pretty well known in the local Indians…but wait for it…the chef trained in cafe creme in glasgow so I can ask for anything and he will make it.maybe one day you can come and visit…we’ll go for a decent curry and a few beers…how does that sound?
Answers? Yes it is good to ask questions and that IS how one learns - does anyone have any answers to the questions I actually asked? (sorry to interrupt the curryfest 
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Carling Hi Carling
Yes, most men with breast cancer have oestrogen receptor positive tumours and have to take hormone therapy after chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
My tumour was Oestrogen receptor positive and I now take ARIMIDEX as opposed to the more used tamoxifen. How I got that is another story.
But to answer your question about raised levels of oestorgen. All ther sensitive hormone tests they did on me did not show an abnormally high level. It was normal for the levels of oestrogen men should have.
So, a mystery. BUT most men who get breast cancer are elderly - nearly 70 - and causal things are havng a female relative with BC, being obese, having some sort of genetic fault and there are others. You can read them on this website in the resource for men with breast cancer.
In my case, I have four sisters and my mother who have never had a problem with their breats, I was 46 when | was diagnosed and it is a mystery to me why it came to me - as it is with many other people.
In all ways the BC I have is the same as the BC women have. There are many BC tumours and men can be affected by almost them all. The bad news is that women are far more predisposed to the disease thean men.
Because of the low numbers of men with the disease we are marginalised immediately in terms of research and treatment and information needs and by the heavy media exposure of BC being projected as a gender specific disease.
Those of us men, who care about this, are working towards BC being recognised as a disease that affects both men and women and that it is the same disease.
Hope this helps. let me know if I can answer any other questions.
Take care abd best wishes
Bill
Thank you and good luck Thank you for answering my questions and giving me much more insight into breast cancer in men - I really had no idea about the hormone receptor things being the same, and yet why wouldn’t they be? Good luck and I hope you continue well for the rest of your life (me too, fingers crossed!)
Trish