From the NY Daily News:
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Even the National Football League – the epitome of all things macho – sees players sporting pink cleats and gloves this month.
“October should not be 100% pink. I’m trying to put a splash of blue in there,” says Michael Singer, a six-year breast cancer survivor advocating for Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week running Oct. 16-22.
Fellow survivor Stephen Cone, 66, who’s battled breast cancer twice, feels just as overlooked. “It’s like we’re totally invisible,” says the Washington, D.C. resident. “Men [with breast cancer] are never mentioned by the NFL. We’re not mentioned by Susan Komen. We’re definitely not on the radar.”
While breast cancer is about 100 times less common among men than women, some 2,600 men will still be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. And 440 will die.
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More at the NY Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/male-survivors-remind-men-breast-cancer-article-1.2831088
