Message in Marines' calendar: Breast cancer strikes men, too

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Thirteen men who suffer from breast cancer posed for a calendar to raise awareness of their situation.


Message in Marines' calendar: Breast cancer strikes men, too
By Barbara Barrett | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010

WASHINGTON — As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month draws to a close this weekend, a cluster of men who once lived on a poisoned military base have this message for the public: The disease doesn't just go away.

Thirteen men who suffer from breast cancer posed for a calendar to raise awareness of their situation. All served or lived on the Camp Lejeune, N.C., Marine base. All think their cancer can be traced to the decades in which toxic drinking water poured from the base's faucets, carrying poisons such as benzene, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene.

The 2011 calendar, "Men, Breast Cancer and the Environment," became available online early this month; so far about 350 have been sold.

The men gathered at a Boston hotel this summer for a unique photo shoot. Many had spoken with one another only on the phone, or through e-mail chats. Few had ever laid eyes on another male breast cancer patient.

In August, they stood among their own.

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1. My dad’s only brother

died from it but that was 30 years ago

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3. see the website I posted.Marines stationed at LeJuene from 1958-1987 were at risk

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2. I'm glad these Marines are recognized.There has been a subset of Marines stationed at Camp Lejuene.

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