Because of World Cancer Day (February 4), the EORTC - European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer) and the BIG - Breast International Group, entities that support LACOG - CURA, prepared a press release with the objective of raising awareness about male breast cancer.

Recent findings from international breast cancer research confirm that the disease in men and women is undeniably different and that 1 in 3 men affected by the disease is not treated properly. Breast cancer is about 100 times less common among men than among women. Due to the rarity of the disease, they are generally excluded from clinical trials, and doctors generally use the treatment applied to women. In new research, scientists demonstrated the feasibility of pursuing a therapeutic clinical trial in a rare patient population, which represents 1 {46cf1a6c7461ff493d31bdca70d45967bd1ce7048f85e123712b94daa5b61391} of all breast cancers. American Cancer Society It is estimated that in the USA about 2,550 new cases of invasive male breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2018 and about 480 men will die from the disease. For more information, visit this link: https://www.cancer.org/conte…/dam/CRC/PDF/Public/8584.00.pdf