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Breast Cancer
Study to see how men cope with a diagnosis of breast cancer
October 25th, 2005
Astounded and shocked is how men described feeling when learning they had breast cancer, a disease they didn't even know was possible for them to get, says Edie Pituskin, a University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing graduate student. Little is known about how men cope with breast cancer. Pituskin is conducting what she believes to be the first North American study looking at what men experience after a breast cancer diagnosis - important, considering the different ways men and women cope. Pituskin will be presenting her preliminary findings at the National Conference for Men's Health in Atlanta. Alberta's Cancer Registry identified 125 living men...
Source: cancer weekly (2005-10-25)
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