{"id":120151,"date":"2024-10-30T18:30:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120151"},"modified":"2024-10-30T18:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:30:46","slug":"newcastle-dad-with-breast-cancer-warns-of-male-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120151","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle dad with breast cancer warns of male &#8216;ignorance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/24bd\/live\/30ac1bc0-9615-11ef-83ca-a3329ade90f4.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/24bd\/live\/30ac1bc0-9615-11ef-83ca-a3329ade90f4.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/24bd\/live\/30ac1bc0-9615-11ef-83ca-a3329ade90f4.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/24bd\/live\/30ac1bc0-9615-11ef-83ca-a3329ade90f4.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/24bd\/live\/30ac1bc0-9615-11ef-83ca-a3329ade90f4.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/24bd\/live\/30ac1bc0-9615-11ef-83ca-a3329ade90f4.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/24bd\/live\/30ac1bc0-9615-11ef-83ca-a3329ade90f4.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/24bd\/live\/30ac1bc0-9615-11ef-83ca-a3329ade90f4.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"PA Real Life Brian Place, who has grey, short hair, smiling at the camera. He's wearing a blue t-shirt.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">PA Real Life<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Mr Place did not think men could get breast cancer before being diagnosed<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A father with incurable cancer is urging other men not to &#8220;die of ignorance&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Brian Place, 60, from Newcastle, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 after discovering a pea-sized lump in his left breast and underwent a double mastectomy.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Initially, the operations manager delayed seeing his GP as he had &#8220;no idea&#8221; men could get the disease.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In 2010 he was discharged as a cancer patient, but in February this year he discovered it had returned in his spine, collapsing one of his vertebrae, as well as his pelvis and liver.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Place has been told he has a &#8220;50\/50 chance of making five years&#8221; as his secondary diagnosis is stage 4 and incurable.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Speaking about his advice to other men, he said: &#8220;Don&#8217;t die of ignorance. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;This is a genderless disease, check yourself and if you find anything suspicious &#8211; get it checked out straight away.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/b0f3\/live\/de00c740-9614-11ef-ba4d-5b04a90bcb33.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/b0f3\/live\/de00c740-9614-11ef-ba4d-5b04a90bcb33.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/b0f3\/live\/de00c740-9614-11ef-ba4d-5b04a90bcb33.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/b0f3\/live\/de00c740-9614-11ef-ba4d-5b04a90bcb33.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/b0f3\/live\/de00c740-9614-11ef-ba4d-5b04a90bcb33.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/b0f3\/live\/de00c740-9614-11ef-ba4d-5b04a90bcb33.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/b0f3\/live\/de00c740-9614-11ef-ba4d-5b04a90bcb33.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/b0f3\/live\/de00c740-9614-11ef-ba4d-5b04a90bcb33.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PA Real Life Brian Place shirtless, showing his mastectomy scars.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">PA Real Life<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Mr Place went on to have a double mastectomy before being discharged in 2010<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In 2005, Mr Place&#8217;s surgeon explained he had most likely had the tumour for five or six years.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Men must not be an ostrich and stick their head in the sand,&#8221; he said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">About 370 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year, according to Cancer Research UK.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8a37\/live\/f1e2ffc0-9615-11ef-a965-49eefc19faba.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8a37\/live\/f1e2ffc0-9615-11ef-a965-49eefc19faba.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8a37\/live\/f1e2ffc0-9615-11ef-a965-49eefc19faba.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/8a37\/live\/f1e2ffc0-9615-11ef-a965-49eefc19faba.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8a37\/live\/f1e2ffc0-9615-11ef-a965-49eefc19faba.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/8a37\/live\/f1e2ffc0-9615-11ef-a965-49eefc19faba.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/8a37\/live\/f1e2ffc0-9615-11ef-a965-49eefc19faba.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8a37\/live\/f1e2ffc0-9615-11ef-a965-49eefc19faba.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PA Real Life Brian Place wearing a suit and green waistcoat standing with his arms around his two daughters. The woman on the left has long, curly, brown and pink hair and is wearing a purple dress. The woman on the right has brown and orange curly hair and is wearing a pink dress. \" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">PA Real Life<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">The father-of-two is urging other men to be &#8220;less ignorant&#8221;<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Place said he wants to continue to &#8220;look at the positive side of things&#8221; and help raise awareness of the disease in men. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He is now a member of a virtual support group for men with breast cancer, the Men&#8217;s VMU.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Blokes, particularly, every single one that you talk to, even on the Men&#8217;s VMU, will tell you that they had no idea that men could get breast cancer,&#8221; he said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Get the message out there, people are less ignorant, and the sooner they catch it, the better quality of life they&#8217;re going to have, maybe even a cure.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"links-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jVHuOl\">\n<div class=\"sc-93223220-0 sc-46222299-0 ctbOlq eluqFz\"><span data-testid=\"links-title\" class=\"sc-46222299-2 gdGcRT\">More stories from the BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdxv98p5vdwo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PA Real Life Mr Place did not think men could get breast cancer before being diagnosed A father with incurable cancer is urging other men not to &#8220;die of ignorance&#8221;. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120151\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}