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Dad diagnosed with breast cancer by doctors after visiting hospital with asthma attack

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A dad was shocked to discover he had breast cancer after suffering from an asthma attack.Doctors ‘hit the roof’ when they examined Gordon Allen’s chest after he was rushed to Salford Royal in Manchester in 2006.

The 61-year-old, who at the time did not realise men could get this type of cancer, said when he told his boss he had been diagnosed with stage two breast cancer he refused to believe him and demanded paperwork as evidence.

Mr Allen has now spoken out about his diagnosis in a bid to make men aware that it can happen to them as well as women, as part of the Men Get Breast Cancer Too campaign from charity Walk the Walk this male breast cancer awareness week.

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