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Salon.com October 12, 1999 Damien Cave	Male mastectomy Not many men get breast cancer, but too few are aware of the risk.
American Journal of Nursing October 2010 Amy M. Collins	'Men Get Breast Cancer, Too!' Theron Bell has made raising public awareness of male breast cancer his life's work.
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Lecia M. Apantaku	Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests.
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American Family Physician February 15, 2005	Health Care After Cancer Treatment An informative patient hand-out on follow-up cancer care.
Job Journal June 5, 2005 Marty Nemko	Quick Fix: Reconsider Your Priorities Imagine you were diagnosed with a life-threatening illness -- even men get breast cancer! Would that make you want to change anything about your worklife? First, make a list.
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AskMen.com March 17, 2001 Joshua Levine	The Importance Of Regular Check-Ups For Men Men are much less likely than women to seek the routine medical care that they should. This article describes some of the risks.
American Family Physician May 15, 2005	Early Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know A patient hand-out on the disease, who is at risk, diagnosis and treatment options.
Salon.com October 1, 1999 Pamela Post	Separated by curtains, united by grief In a recovery room, a woman realizes the loss she has experienced, only after hearing another woman's cries.
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ifeminists October 29, 2002 Rondi Adamson	Re-Evaluating the Risk of Breast Cancer As breast cancer became a poster disease for feminism in the 1980s, the attention it began to receive took on unreasonable proportions. In short, the intensity of funding, publicity and research around breast cancer is not based on need. It is based on politics.
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BusinessWeek October 17, 2005	The Laughter Cure Monique Spencer couldn't find what she wanted in books about breast cancer. So she wrote her own - and made it funny.
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AskMen.com Harold Russell	The Truth About Lung Cancer Read this article to find out about the causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventive measures of lung cancer.
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