Facts and numbers of male breast cancer

• Breast cancer is 100 times less common in men, than in women
• It represents just 1% of all diagnosed breast cancers.
• The probability of a man developing breast cancer is 0.1%
• The number of male breast cancer cases has remained stable in the last 30 years
• Men and women, at the same stage of disease, have the same chance of a successful treatment
• Male breast cancer develops very fast, often quicker than in women, spreading to the nipple, skin, muscle and lymphatic nodules due to the reduced amount of male breast tissue