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Brother to Brother

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Cynthia B. Smalls

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No not me! That’s for women to do! Men have a chest, not breast! Men can’t get breast cancer!Brothers if you have thought, uttered or said any of these things you are sadly mistaken.

 

In 2023, an estimated 2,800 men in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Black men have the highest incidence rates of breast cancer (2.7 out of every 100,000 men), followed by White men (1.9 out of every 100,000 men). Black men with breast cancer typically have a lower chance of recovery. It is estimated that 530 men will die from this disease in the United States in 2023. Cancer.Net Editorial Board

 

Brothers all I ask is, for you to care enough about you and your loved ones to examine yourself. Lose the pride and become proactive. The life you save may be your own!

 

Written by Daryl Smalls, husband of a breast cancer survivor

 

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Welcome to Melanin & Pink Ribbons: A Blog for Black Women Fighting and Surviving Breast Cancer. It was born out of my personal journey as a patient not seeing very many images of women who looked like me fighting this disease. So, when I became a survivor, I did something about it. This is a space to learn and become empowered with information so we as a community can thrive into survivorship.

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