Florida man initially denied mammogram because of gender

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'Donald Mudd didn’t even know that men could get breast cancer. Mudd told FOX station WFTX in Fort Myers, Fla. that he had a painful lump on his right breast that developed into the size of a golf ball. His physician told him that there was a mass and he needed a mammogram.

That was the beginning of a disappointing ordeal as Mudd, who doesn’t have insurance, contacted a hospital that advertised free mammograms during October for ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month.’
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Mudd said that he tried again with six other organizations, but was rebuffed each time.

“I was a little bit in shock to even find out that men could have breast cancer, and then I find out that because of my gender those programs are not available to men,” Mudd said.

However, reporter Christy Dimond was able to find some help for Mudd from the Susan G. Komen foundation. Mudd was set up with an appointment at a volunteer clinic that gets grant money to provide screening for uninsured patients, regardless of gender.

The American Cancer Society states that about 2,240 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed for men on a yearly basis and that 410 men will die annually due to breast cancer.'