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Men with breast cancer face unique challenges

The case was fairly routine: The patient felt a lump smaller than apea, had a mammogram, received a diagnosis of breast cancer andquickly underwent a mastectomy.

What was different was that this patient was a man: Mike Nelsen, a49-year-old high-level sales executive who never saw himself at risk.

"I remember distinctly sitting in a conference room when my cellphone rang," Nelsen said...

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