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Not only is male breast cancer much rarer than female breast cancer, researchers from the National University of Singapore found that men who develop breast cancer also have a lower risk of death, even though they are more likely to have advanced disease. Their findings have been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology…

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Tags: Breast Cancer, cancer, male, Men's Health, Oncology

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