One thing cancer victims don’t need

AS a member of a family affected by breast cancer, I am appalled at Keith Nolan’s cheap shot that “if these were cases of male breast cancer, the machines and systems would have been sorted out years ago” (Letters, November 9).

I can only assume Mr Nolan is ignorant of the fact than men also suffer from breast cancer, but they have a poorer detection rate because it does not get the same prominence and often sufferers are too embarrassed to come forward for treatment of what is viewed by society as a female illness.

Cancer sufferers need resources and support — not cheap shots like this.