Men tend to have larger tumors even though male breast cancer is more easily detected.
I have had several men come to me with breast problems. One of the male judges in the Memphis Judicial System came to me with a mass in his breast. Just by palpating it, and without ordering a mammogram (which I felt was not nessary at this point), Instantly he was diagnosed with cancer because the lump was hard and warm, the orange peel effect and with what we call branches spreading out which means it is in the arteries, tissue and lymph nodes (metastasized). When I called his doctor, they rushed him to the emergency room from our office and scheduled surgery, but the cancer had metastasized to his lungs.
In my short five-year medical career, I have seen the worse stages of breast cancer and it is not a pretty sight. For these reasons, the American Cancer Society asked me to lecture throughout the Memphis area at Churches, Civic Centers, Sororities, and yes even parks. Wherever they send me, I go because there is a lack of information given about this and other cancers that can prevent death.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF BREAST CANCER
1. Painless lump(s) or thickening in your breast tissue.
2. Changes in the skin covering your breast, such as dimpling (indents),
puckering (the appearance of hot water poured on your breast), redness
or scaling (peeling).
3. Changes to you Areola (nipple), such as redness or scaling, an Areola that
was normal and suddenly turns inward.
4. Leakage from Areola (if not lactating). Squeeze Areola for leakage and
observe color of leakage, which is very important to your doctor