Clinic refused man breast cancer screening

[The Straight Story]

Clinic refused man breast cancer screening


MARION, N.C., April 8 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man whose parents both had breast cancer said he was refused breast cancer screening at a clinic that said it serves women only.

Scott Cunningham, 45, of Marion, was turned away from the Rutherford-Polk-McDowell Health District's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program because it serves only females ages 40-60, ABC News reported Thursday.

"My chest is swollen, just like it started with my dad," Cunningham said.

He waited to see a doctor because he was laid off and didn't have health insurance, but said he finally sought help when his condition worsened.

Helen White, clinical nursing supervisor at the Rutherford-Polk-McDowell Health Department, said federal breast screening funds, which are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are strictly for women, but said she would help Cunningham find medical care.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/08/Clinic-refused-man-breast-cancer-screening/UPI-49261270769137/

[Raven]

1. Had a male friend with breast cancer...no different, cancer does

not descriminate. Horrific in guys too.

[Sal Minella]

2. IIRC, from back in the '70's, 4% of breast cancer deaths were men.

Men tend to wait longer to seek medical help because most think they can't possibly get breast cancer.

Men tend to ignore bleeding and lumps and tenderness much longer than women would.