MAMMOGRAMS: For men too

Your reporter, Devin Weeks stated on Oct. 21 that funds are being raised to “provide mammograms to local women and men…”

Has medical science determined that men need mammograms now? I’m confused. I look to the Coeur d’Alene Press to give me accurate information. I’m a man, but I’ve never had a mammogram. Was I supposed to get them?

Your reporter, Devin Weeks said that on the front page of your newspaper! Could you clarify this.

JAMES OSWALD

Coeur d’Alene

Editor’s note: Breast cancer in men is about 100 times less common than it is for women, but it does happen — and mammograms are effective for men with symptoms that could indicate breast cancer.