'I was playing rugby and thought I'd taken a bump - I had no idea men could get this disease'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A father who was diagnosed with breast cancer before the disease returned in his spine and "riddled" his body nearly two decades later is urging other men not to "die of ignorance".

Brian Place, a 60-year-old operations manager from Newcastle, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 after discovering a pea-sized lump in his left breast.

Brian initially delayed seeing his GP as he did not think men could get the disease, but he underwent a mastectomy. In 2007, he chose to have his right breast removed as well, feeling "asymmetrical" and due to the cells showing cancer-capable tendencies.

By 2010, he was discharged as a cancer patient. Brian said he was then cancer-free and able to "get on with life", but in August 2023 he started experiencing severe back pain, which worsened to the point where he was "crawling along the floor". READ MORE:  We were promised the money to rebuild North Manchester General, now it's critical This led to the discovery in February this year that the cancer had returned in his spine, collapsing one of his vertebrae, as well as in his pelvis and liver.