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"This study provides a first step toward an improved understanding about men's perceptions and knowledge of male breast cancer," said author Eileen Thomas, assistant professor at the College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver and advisory board member of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program. "While further research with larger racial and ethnic samples is needed, these findings offer a starting point for the development of evidence-based, gender-specific, health promotion and disease prevention interventions for men."
This qualitative study used a descriptive study design to explore awareness and knowledge of male breast cancer among 28 English-speaking men, all of whom had no history of breast cancer but had at least one maternal blood relative with the disease. All participants were asked to describe their awareness of male breast cancer, what they knew about the disease, and how they thought awareness of male breast cancer could be increased among health care providers and the lay public. Findings included:
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS):
"Male breast cancer is uncommon and so has largely been ignored by the media, general population and health care community," said Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, editorial director and interim editor-in-chief of AJN. "Still, nurses in all settings need to raise awareness about male breast cancer among men as well as women, especially those men at high risk for the disease."
Source: American Journal of Nursing