How often do female children - teens and men get breast cancer?

Question

I know they are EXTREMELY rare, especially the men one. I was at first ignorant thinking men can't get it but it has been proven that some men have.

Answer 1

My father had breast cancer.
Less than 1 percent of all breast carcinomas occur in men.
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_men/brstcan.cfm

Being a woman is your greatest risk factor. It should be noted that while it is rare for men to get breast cancer, approximately 1,300 men are afflicted with breast cancer each year. Risk factors for men include a family history, a genetic defect, exposure to radiation or having a disease related to high levels of estrogen in the body, like cirrhosis of the liver. For more information on male breast cancer, visit the National Cancer Institute's website:
http://www.cancer.gov

Age: One out of every eight women will be affected by breast cancer at some point in their lives, and your chances of developing breast cancer increase as you get older. Women under 30 are rarely (but sometimes) affected, whereas most breast cancers occur in women over age 50.

Statistics for women:
By age 20 - 1 out of 1,985
By age 30 - 1 out of 229
By age 40 - 1 out of 68
By age 50 - 1 out of 37
By age 60 - 1 out of 26
By age 70 - 1 out of 24
Lifetime -1 out of 8
http://www.imaginis.com/breasthealth/statistics.asp#2

Answer 2

One in every 100 breast cancer cases is a man.
About 1,300 men get breast cancer

One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.
Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer.
Breast cancer risk increases with age.
Risks for breast cancer include a family history, atypical hyperplasia, delaying pregnancy until after age 30 or never becoming pregnant, early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after age 55), current use or use in the last ten years of oral contraceptives, and daily consumption of alcohol.

Answer 3

The odds mean nothing if you are the one diagnosed with a rare cancer.

Male and female children can have a primary or secondary breast cancer, but, as noted, it is rare, less than 0.1% of childhood cancers. But, again that statistic means very little if it is your child diagnosed with this disease.

Breast Cancer in Children
http://www.eapsa.org/parents/resources/breast_disorders.cfm

NCI: Breast cancer in children
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/unusual-cancers-childhood/HealthProfessional/page3#Section_29

Answer 4

Very rare.

You'll also hear that 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer.

Yes... if you live to 90, that's your odds. the average woman is dead at 82, so your REAL odds of breast cancer are VERY low.

Your odds of getting hit by a car are probably as high.

Answer 5

On of my sorority sisters found out she had breast cancer when she was 18