Mathew Knowles is an entertainment mogul and famous father to daughters Beyoncé and Solange. But these days, he's focused on sharing a story of survival. Knowles was diagnosed with male breast cancer in 2019, making the announcement to Michael Strahan on "Good Morning America.
" In the years since his diagnosis, he's recovered and become an advocate, namely for genetic testing. "It's about being proactive about your health and getting the information, and once you get the information, getting with your health providers and coming up with a plan," he told ABC13. Cancer, especially breast cancer, wasn't a foreign concept to Knowles.
He explained that for about eight years in the 80s, he sold mammography equipment, so when he noticed discharge from his nipples and dots of blood appearing on his shirt, his training on the disease helped him to recognize those may be signs of male breast cancer. He requested a mammogram and confirmed it was cancer. Male breast cancer isn't common.
About 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the United States is found in a man, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The most common kinds of breast cancer in men are invasive ductal carcinoma and and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). The most common symptoms are a lump or swelling in the breast, redness or flaky skin on the breast, irritation or dimpling of breast skin, nipple discharge and pulling of the nipple, or pain in the nipple area.
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