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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Identifying Breast Cancer in Men
Description: Guest: Kathryn J. Ruddy, M.D. (@KathrynRuddyMD)
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
Breast cancer in men is very uncommon, about 1/100th as common as in women. It’s expected that this year, just under 3000 men are likely to be diagnosed with it, and just over 500 men will die from breast cancer. Because it’s so uncommon, there are very few good studies which have been completed to educate us about this disease. Kathryn Ruddy, M.D., an oncologist at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus joins us to discuss breast cancer in men and what w...