Personal experience, Season 6
In this episode, Laura speaks to Richard and Stuart. Both men living with breast cancer, they share their experiences of diagnosis, treatment, and the challenges of being diagnosed with a disease mostly associated with women.
If men aren’t aware that they can get breast cancer, they don’t know what the signs are… If we can create a little bit of awareness, get men to check themselves… it’s got to have an impact on outcomes for men long term.
- Richard
Richard was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and Stuart was diagnosed in 2005 and now lives with secondary breast cancer.
They are both involved with the Men’s VMU, an online group aimed at supporting men with a breast cancer diagnosis, promoting research into breast cancer in men, and raising awareness of the signs and symptoms.
Richard and Stuart talk about how their diagnoses took them by surprise, and share their work in the Men’s VMU trying to get the message to as many people as possible.
Find out more about the Men's VMU.
Find out more about Breast Cancer Now's support service Someone Like Me.
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