- The odds that a man gets diagnosed with breast cancer are 1, 000 to one
- The 67 – year-old made the revelation during an interview with Michael Strahan, set to air Wednesday on GMA
- It is unclear how advanced the cancer is or what treatment he is receiving
- Mathew is a record executive and talent manager who famously oversaw Destiny’s Child stratospheric rise
ByTracy Wright For Dailymail.com
Published:15 : (EDT, 1 October)|Updated:18: 13 EDT, 1 October 2019
Beyonce‘s father Mathew Knowles has revealed he has breast cancer.
The 67 – year-old made the revelation during an interview with Michael Strahan, which is set to air on Good Morning America on Wednesday.
Breast cancer in men is rare: more than 99 percent of all breast cancer cases diagnosed are in women. The odds that a man gets breast cancer are 1, 000 to one.
Health battle: Beyonce’s father Mathew Knowles has revealed he has breast cancer
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Mathew revealed his diagnosis on the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness month, which runs through October.
In a teaser for the interview, Strahan ask Beyoncé and Solange’s father about how he broke the news to his daughters.
‘How was it to tell your family about the diagnosis?’
Mathew is a record executive and talent manager who oversaw Destiny’s Child’s stratospheric rise.
He quit his day job in 1995 as a medical equipment salesman to actively pursue his daughter’s career in the spotlight.
CAN MEN GET BREAST CANCER? YES – AND IT’S OFTEN DEADLIER
It is exceedingly rare for men to get breast cancer, but possible, and when they do they are more at risk of dying of the disease.
Although men never develop milk ducts in their breasts as women do, they do have breast tissue, and the cells that makes up that tissue can become cancerous.
That said, men of course have far less breast tissue than their female counterparts, so the odds that any of that those **** multiply out of control are lower.
An estimated one percent of new cases of breast cancer every year in the US are diagnosed in men, about one in 1, 000 of whom develop the disease .
That amounts to about 2, 000 new male breast cancer cases a year, and between 500 and 800 deaths – compared to nearly 270, 000 new cases and over 41, 000 deaths among women.
Still, the fatality rate among men is higher among men.
While nearly 91 percent of women who develop breast cancer are still living five years later, 84 percent of men live the same amount of time after diagnosis.
This disparity in survival rates is mostly due to few non-biological factors.
Men are less likely to be aware they can get breast cancer, so they may not know to even look for the signs.
Changes to men’s minimal breast tissue are often more subtle, and even if they do notice, many men are embarrassed.
Most breast tumors in men form under the nipple or areola, where there tends to be a little more tissue.
Signs of male breast cancer are similar to those that occur in women: a lump, knot or portion of the tissue that feels thicker and may be tender, irritation, nipple indentation, dimpling or puckering and discharge.
Men can carry either BRCA gene, but BRCA2 leaves them particularly predisposed to breast cancer.
The average age at diagnosis is 65, and men with other excess breast tissue, high levels of estrogen or those who are overweight are at greater risk.
Bold: Mathew revealed his diagnosis on the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness month, which runs through October
To the top: Mathew is a record executive and talent manager who oversaw Destiny’s Child’s stratospheric rise; seen in 2005
He recently revealed he has a close bond with his daughters, saying earlier this year: ‘I have a great relationship as a father with not just Beyoncé, but people forget I have this talented, gifted kid named Solange, who is a Grammy winner and has had a number one album. People tend to think she does not exist.
‘It’s not a daily dialogue. Daughters tend to always gravitate to their moms more than their dads. I think it’s pretty standard in the universe, my relationship. ‘
And Mathew admits he used to find it difficult to switch from being a manager to being a father, but says his ‘mistakes’ are not things he would change about his life.
He added: ‘The most challenging thing was separating and walking the line from manager to father. That’s very difficult in the music industry. If I had to do it all over again, I would change nothing because I believe failure is an opportunity to grow, not a reason to quit. Most people when they make mistakes, they want to quit rather than learn from it. ‘
In a 2011 interview withThe Mirror, former Destiny’s Child bandmember LaTavia Roberson recalled grueling practice sessions under Mathew’s watchful eye .
‘We used to call him Joe Jackson,’ she said. ‘It’s not like he beat us with his belt or anything, but he was very strict. Beyonce was the only one brave enough to stand up to him.
He recently revealed he has a close bond with his daughters, saying earlier this year: ‘I have a great relationship as a father with not just Beyoncé, but people forget I have this talented, gifted kid named Solange, who is a Grammy winner and has had a number one album. People tend to think she does not exist ‘; seen in 2007
Tough: In a 2011 interview with The Mirror, former Destiny’s Child bandmember LaTavia Roberson recalled grueling practice sessions under Mathew’s watchful eye; seen in 1998
‘ We worked really hard. It was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. It would be the four of us and he was like a drill sergeant. When summertime came he would start a camp at his house in Houston. ‘
LaTavia and bandmate LeToya Luckett ended up suing Knowles after he replaced them with Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin in the Say My Name video released in 2000.
Nearly 11 years later, Beyonce and Mathew ended their business relationship when she founded her own management company called Parkwood Entertainment.
Mathew married Tina Knowles in 1980 and the couple separated in 2009 after she filed for divorce stating ‘discord or conflict of personalities’ which prevented’ reasonable
‘We worked really hard. It was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. It would be the four of us and he was like a drill sergeant. When summertime came he would start a camp at his house in Houston, ‘LaTavia said; Destiny’s Child seen in 1998
(In 2011 it was revealed that their divorce was finalized after it emerged Mathew fathered a love child with former Scrubs actress Alexsandra White.
White gave birth to their son Nixon on Feb. 4, 2010 following an 18 – month affair with Mathew; he initially denied he was the father, but a DNA test later proved otherwise.
Mathew later went on to marry former model Gena Charmaine Avery just two years after his divorce was finalized; Beyonce and Solange reportedly did not attend the wedding.
Tina began dating actor Richard Lawson in 2013 and the couple were married on April 12, 2015.
Happiness: Tina began dating actor Richard Lawson in 2013 and the couple were married on April 12, 2015; seen in March
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