The number of men with breast cancer who underwent surgery to remove the unaffected breast nearly doubled between 2004-2011 says a new study. Health care providers should be aware that the increase we have seen in removal of the unaffected breast is not limited to women said lead researcher Ahmedin Jemal vice president of surveillance and health services research at the American Cancer Society. Breast cancer in men is rare accounting for only about one percent of all cases in the US. In women (particularly younger women) the use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) surgery to remove the unaffected breast
