BCAM: Ex-Charger battled breast cancer

[Rhinodawg]

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/18/chargers-tony-savage-breast-cancer/


Savage, a Chargers backup from 1990 to 92 during a brief NFL career, first detected a lump on the left side of his chest in 2010. He ignored it, figuring it'd dissipate eventually. It grew instead.

A car accident several months later forced him to see a doctor. He mentioned the lump as a "by the way," leading to a mammogram that led to a biopsy and then diagnosis for stage II breast cancer.

The disease is far less common in men than women.

According to the American Cancer Society, about 1 percent of breast-cancer cases in the United States occur in men. An estimated 2,360 new cases of invasive breast cancer will have been diagnosed this year compared to about 232,670 for women. Savage said that he went through six chemotherapy treatments, the last few of which were far more brutal than any injury in his career.

[Rhinodawg]

1. Looks like a nice guy

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[Lars39]

2. Met a man with breast cancer in the surgeon's waiting room.

He was letting all the men know that were waiting for their wives that he had breast cancer, and that they needed to check themselves.

[madamvlb]

3. My brother...

He passed away last November after four years of battling stage 4 breast cancer. It's a terrible disease, he lost his battle at the young age of 45. I wish the pink ribbons would have a few dots on them.

[Rhinodawg]

4. Sorry....that really sucks.

[Rhinodawg]

5. Men dont want to even think about it.