Breast cancer in men provides several implications, stemming mostly from the misconception that the disease is exclusively a “female” condition. And its implication goes beyond the biology community. If the delayed diagnosis of breast cancer in men continuously grows and gets ignored, it would be a major societal implication because most men are unaware of the developing tumor until it has advanced. Most of the symptoms shown, such as breast lumps, are frequently ignored due to the lack of information. Furthermore, men do not get the same treatment as women do, such as screening or mammography, which would aid in the diagnosis of a growing tumor in the breast area. Not to mention, the clinical exclusion of men when it comes to breast cancer. Since breast cancer clinical solely focused on women, there lacks of specific data about breast cancer specifically for men, and most treatments that are provided were derived from the trial data acquired from women, which doesn’t necessarily work as the breast tissue and hormone receptors alone differ in gender. 

Based on articles I have read, the papers similarly emphasize the expansion to do more clinically specific research on male breast cancer to help male patients get a diagnosis in the early stages and prevent the progression of the tumor. In this sense, I could say that the scientists in the breast cancer research area are indeed taking the big picture into consideration as they continuously study effects and affects of male breast cancer.