What is the likelyhood of a male under 17 years old getting breast cancer?

NuR · #1 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008, 12:52 AM

I am asking because I had a small lump behind my nipple but after going to the doctors he said it is just something you get through adolesants called a breast bud or something. And then soon after I got an outbreak of exzemma all over my body including my nipple which is why I was asking on the off chance the itchy nipple wasn't connected to the exzemma, which it probably was as the itching happened at the same time as i got the rest of the exzcemma...
And no I havn't got any history of Breast cancer in my family at all.

Dan · #2 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008, 12:58 AM

This belongs in male health firstly, and secondly almost 0.

lo_mcg · #3 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008, 01:00 AM

Very low indeed.

It is a disease that mainly affects women - only a tiny percentage of those diagnosed are men.

It is also a disease mainly associated with ageing - 80% of people diagnosed are over 50. It is extremely unusual for a teenager to have breast cancer.

Believe what your doctor told you.

morph · #4 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008, 01:01 AM

Very very very low

psymon · #5 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008, 01:10 AM

Low, but not impossible. If you have some kind of lump behind your nipple, get it looked at by a doctor as soon as possible.

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