JASON: ALL MONTH LONG, NATIONAL
LANDMARKS ARE CLOAKED IN KING
FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS --
CLOAKED IN PINK FOR BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
THE ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN
NEW YORK IS ALSO SHOWING OFF THE
ROSY COLOR THIS MONTH FROM HIGH
ABOVE THE BIG APPLE.
THE CALL FOR BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS TRANSCENDS NATIONAL
BORDERS.
FRANCE LIT UP THE EIFFEL
TOWER.
CHECK OUT THE SITE OF NEXT
YEAR'S OLYMPICS, RIO DE JANEIRO,
WHERE THE CHRIST REDEEMER STATUE
HAS TAKEN ON A NEW HUE.
BREAST CANCER IS
INTERNATIONAL.
IT HAS NO BORDERS.
THE ARE HERE TONIGHT
-- WE ARE
HERE TONIGHT TO SEE THE CHRIST
BE LIT IN PINK, JUST AS THE
EIFFEL TOWER IS COME JUST AS THE
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IS.
WE ARE HERE TO LET WOMEN KNOW
THAT YOU HAVE TO DETECT BREAST
CANCER EARLY.
JASON: THE ATHLETIC WORLD
IS
PROUDLY SUPPORTING THE PINK AT
NASCAR INVITED 250,000 SURVIVORS
TO PAINT IT PINK FOR THIS YEAR'S
DRIVE FOR THE CURE 300.
THERE IS AN OBVIOUS CALL TO
ACTION AT M&T BANK STADIUM IN
BALTIMORE.
SURVIVORS AND WOMEN CURRENTLY
BATTLING BREAST CANCER WERE
HONORED ON THE FIELD DURING LAST
SUNDAY'S GAME AND IT WAS OBVIOUS
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM AND TO GET
ANNUAL CANCER SCREENINGS.
JUSTIN TUCKER TREATED IN LOCAL
PRIDE FOR PINK PRIDE AND POSTED
THE PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM, SAYING
"BREAKING THESE BAD BOYS OUT FOR
THE WEEKEND.
#BREAST
CANCERAWARENESS."
CASES OF MALE BREAST CANCER ARE
RARE BUT THEY ARE DIAGNOSED.
THEY ARE COMMON IN AGES 60-70
YEARS OLD.
LIFETIME RISK OF BEING DIAGNOSED
WITH BREAST CANCER IS ONE IN
1000.
THIS YEAR ALONE, 2300 MEN ARE
EXPECTED TO BE DIAGNOSED AND WE
SPOKE TO A LOCAL EXPERT ABOUT
THE PREVALENCE OF MALE BREAST
CANCER.
I'M JOINED BY DR. CHRISTINE
FERNANDEZ, THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR
AT MEDSTAR FRANKLIN SQUARE
HARBOR HOSPITAL.
WHAT SURPRISED ME IS THE NUMBER
OF CASES OF MALE BREAST CANCER
IS IN THE THOUSANDS, NOT AS MUCH
AS WOMEN, BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT EXISTS.
DR. FERNANDEZ: THERE IS A RISK
BUT MUCH SMALLER THAN WITH
WOMEN.
THE RISK FOR A WOMAN IS ONE IN
EIGHT BUT THE LIFETIME RISK FOR
MEN IS ONE IN 1000.
STILL AN IMPORTANT THING.
JASON: DOES DETECTION RUN THE
SAME AS IT DOES FOR WOMEN?
DR. FERNANDEZ: VERY MUCH SO.
THAT IS THE MAIN WAY TO DETECT
BREAST CANCER IN MEN.
FOR MEN IT IS A PHYSICAL EXAM
FINDING.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IF A
MAN FEELS A LUMP IN HIS BREAST
THAT HE GETS HIS DOCTORS OPINION
ON WHAT THAT IS.
JASON:
TALK TO ME ABOUT CASES
WITH YOU WHEN YOU SEE MEN COME
IN GOOD TO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA
THAT THIS IS WHAT IS AHEAD FOR
THEM?
DR. FERNANDEZ: NO, AND
UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF BREAST
LUNGS ARE NOT BREAST-CANCER --
BREAST LUMPS ARE NOT
BREAST-CANCER.
IT IS A DOCTOR WHO WILL TELL THE
DIFFERENCE.
AND THE WORK IS VERY SIMILAR TO
A WOMAN.
THE MAN COMES IN WITH A BREAST
LUMP AND MAY UNDERGO A
MAMMOGRAM, SONOGRAM, AND
EVENTUALLY, A CORNEAL BIOPSY FOR
DIAGNOSIS.
JASON:
THERE ARE SIMILARITIES
THAT THE CASES ARE QUITE
DIFFERENT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM
ON PAPER.
DR. FERNANDEZ: RIGHT.
JASON: AS FAR AS TREATMENT GOES,
WILL IT MIMIC THE SAME AS A
WOMAN'S?
WILL THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME
REGIMENT, AT LEAST?
DR. FERNANDEZ: VERY MUCH SO.
SURGERY IS THE PRIMARY
TREATMENT.
SOME NEED CHEMOTHERAPY AND
HORMONE BLOCKING CARE.
, USED FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
JASON: WILL A GENTLEMAN WHOSE
MOTHER HAD BREAST CANCER HAVE A
BIGGER RISK THAN ANYONE ELSE?
DR. FERNANDEZ: YES, IN A LOT OF
WAYS THAT IS THE CASE,
PARTICULARLY IF THERE IS A GENIE
TATIAN IN THE FAMILY.
THE AVERAGE MAN HAS ABOUT
--
GENE MUTATION IN THE FELON.
THE AVERAGE MAN HAS .1 PERCENT
RISK.
IT DEFINITELY INCREASES THE RISK
OF BREAST CANCER.
JASON: IT HAS TO BE AN EMOTIONAL
ELEMENT.
FOR A GUY WALKING TO THE
DOCTOR'S AND THE DIAGNOSIS IS NO
BREAST CANCER, AND THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT GOES ON UPSTAIRS
THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FROM A
WOMEN.
DR. FERNANDEZ: THERE'S A LOT OF
PINK ASSOCIATED WITH OUR DESIRES
SO IN THAT RESPECT COMES SOME
MEN ARE -- THEY HAVE A BREAST
LUMP, EMBARRASSED BY THE FACT
THAT THEY HAVE BREAST CANCER,
THINKING IT MAKES THEM MORE
FEMININE THAN THE AVERAGE MAN.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL.
THERE IS RADIATION EXPOSURE --
SOME MEN ARE TREATED FOR
HODGKIN'S DISEASE AND THEY ARE
AT SLIGHTLY HIGHER RISK IF THEY
GOT RADIATION AS A YOUNG CHILD
OR TEENAGER.
THERE ARE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT
INCREASE ESTROGEN IN A MAN'S
BODY -- THINGS LIKE LIVER
DISEASE.