《中英對照讀新聞》British men dying needlessly from breast cancer 英國男性枉死於乳癌

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British men are dying needlessly from breast cancer because they are unaware of the symptoms or too embarrassed to seek advice, one of the country's leading experts on the condition said.

英國男性枉死於乳癌，因為他們不曉得這些症狀或者對於尋求建議感到不好意思，對此情況知之甚詳的該國一名頂尖的專家說。

"It's easy to think breast cancer only affects women, especially as there is so much information available about female breast cancer," Professor Ian Fentiman, of Guy's Hospital in London, wrote in medical journal The Lancet.

「很容易就會以為乳癌只會侵襲婦女，特別是有這麼多關於女性乳癌的資訊隨手可得，」倫敦蓋氏醫院伊安．芬提曼教授在醫學期刊「刺胳針」上撰文指出。

"As cases in men continue to rise, it is vital that we work now to improve the support and information available," he added.

「隨著男性的病例持續增加，我們致力於改善可用的支援系統與資訊，就顯得重要，」他說。

About 250 British men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, of whom about 70 die. Of all breast cancer cases annually, about one percent are men.

每年大約250名英國男性被診斷出有乳癌，其中約70人不治。在每年的所有乳癌病例中，約1%為男性。

"If diagnosed early enough, a man with breast cancer has between 75-100 percent chance of making a full recovery, but this can drop to as low as 30 percent for men with very advanced disease," Fentiman said. "Half the men who get breast cancer in the United Kingdom are not diagnosed until their cancer is very advanced."

「如果能早期診斷，罹患乳癌的男子完全康復的機率在75至100%之間，但對那些病情已進入末期的男子，機率可能降至30%，」芬提曼說。「得乳癌的半數英國男人都是到了癌症末期才被診斷出來。」

新聞辭典

diagnose︰動詞，診斷。例句︰The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.（醫師診斷這病為流行性感冒。）

recovery︰名詞，康復、痊癒。例句︰She made a remarkable recovery from the illness.（她從那場疾病中神奇康復了。）

advanced︰形容詞，年邁的、後期的，引申為（疾病）末期的。例句︰Many people with advanced cancer feel they are walking down a lonely path.（許多癌症末期病患覺得自己在走一條孤獨的路。）