Breast cancer, which affects one in every hundred men, is often detected at a later stage. Even the mammography detects them as benign.

Mammograms are not recommended for males suffering from breast cancer.  According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, only 57 men out of 244 with breast cancer, underwent preoperative mammography or sonography.

By the time breast tumors in men are detected they are usually palpable.

Men often neglect this ailment. In most of the cases the patients seek medical aid only when they notice changes in the overlying skin or nipple such as a inversion or discharge.

"Be attentive to any palpable masses in men and obtain imaging evaluation early," Dr. Wei-Tse Yang told. It is pertinent that men who feel some changes in their breast should seek medical advice in time.