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NOT MANY MEN THINK TO GET A
BREAST CANCER SCREENING.
REPORTER CHRISTINE LEE EXPLAINS,
THAT'S A MISTAKE THAT COULD COST
YOU YOUR LIFE.
BREAST CANCER AS A PROBLEM AMONG
MEN, BUT IT IS A THREAT. SO
GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK HAS
SIGNED A BILL DESIGNATING THE
THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER AS MALE
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS WEEK IN
MASSACHUSETTS. THE PURPOSE IS TO
HAPPEN TO THEM. MIKE SELSMAR, A
FATHER OF TWO SONS, IS A KEY
YEAR AGO SELSMAR FOUND A LUMP ON
HIS CHEST, BUT DIDN'T THINK TO
GET IT CHECKED UNTIL ABOUT ONE
TO TWO MONTHS LATER. HE NOW HAS
STAGE 4 BREAST CANCER AND IS DUE
FOR SURGERY IN NOVEMBER.
YOU CAN GET THE WORD OUT AND
HAVE MEN COGNIZANT OF IT AND
RIGHT KIND OF CHECKS YOU CAN
DISCOVER IT EARLIER AND GET
TREATED EARLIER." IT IS RARE FOR
MEN TO GET BREAST CANCER
COMPARED TO WOMEN, BUT WHEN MEN
DO GET IT THEY ARE LESS LIKELY
TO SURVIVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH, SO REMEMBER TO
GET CHECKED AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS
TO GET CHECKED IF YOU SEE ANY
SUSPICIOUS LUMPS ON YOUR CHEST.
IN BOSTON, CHRISTINE LEE, 22
NEWS.