CoppaFeel! exists to help everyone stand the best possible chance of surviving breast cancer, because if found early it is very treatable and survival rates are higher. That's why you need to become good chums with your boobs and coppafeel regularly.
Although breast cancer is rare in younger people, it can still happen as both men and women have breast tissue. Breast cancer is still the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women under 40, with 1 in 8 women in the UK being affected by breast cancer in their lifetime.*
*Stats from Breast Cancer Care
In the UK, only women will be invited to routine breast screening from the age of 47-50 years old, which takes place every 3 years. For that reason, checking your boobs is especially important for younger women and men. But even if you have mammograms (the breast screening test – which we encourage you to do) it is important to check in between your appointments.
Less than 10% of breast cancers are caused by a family history. Most men and women who are diagnosed are simply unlucky and there is no specific reason why they have the disease. There’s no real excuse not to check!
Men also have some breast tissue in their chest and under their armpit, so it is important they get anything unusual checked out too. Almost 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year.
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