Message in Marines' calendar: Breast cancer strikes men, too

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Message in Marines' calendar: Breast cancer strikes men, too

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By Barbara Barrett | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month draws to a close this weekend, a cluster of men who once lived on a poisoned military base have this message for the public: The disease doesn't just go away.

Thirteen men who suffer from breast cancer posed for a calendar to raise awareness of their situation. All served or lived on the Camp Lejeune, N.C., Marine base. All think their cancer can be traced to the decades in which toxic drinking water poured from the base's faucets, carrying poisons such as benzene, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene.

The 2011 calendar, "Men, Breast Cancer and the Environment," became available online early this month; so far about 350 have been sold.