Doc Talk: Men can get breast cancer too; support needed for men battling the disease

While breast cancer is a common female disease, it is not an exclusively female one. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - A taboo wrapped in stigma. Such is the predicament of a man diagnosed with breast cancer.

It is a common female disease, but not an exclusively female one.

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