31 Days, 31 Things You Didn't Know About Breast Cancer

Male breast cancer is rare but possible. An estimated 1,990 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in the U.S. during 2008. In 2004, the overall incidence of breast cancer in men was 1.4 per 100,000, compared to 124 per 100,000 in women. Differences in mortality were equally wide: 0.3 per 100,000 in men; 24 per 100,000 in women.