Tyler Mane has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
The 59-year-old actor, who played Sabretooth in Deadpool & Wolverine and X-Men, revealed in a Facebook video this week that he is starting chemotherapy after receiving his rare diagnosis.
“Yep. I have breast cancer. And yep, it’s super rare. Only 1% of breast cancers are men,” he wrote in his caption.
“I’ll be honest, my first reaction was to keep it secret. I mean it’s kind of embarrassing,” Tyler continued. “But then I found out that men are more likely to be diagnosed in advance stages BECAUSE it’s not talked about and not looked for. In fact, my doctors all dismissed it and it was only because my wife pushed me to get the lump removed that I got in early.”
“So let’s start talking about it! 1 in 755 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and if caught early, it’s VERY treatable. Time to answer the Wake Up Call!”
“I have some bad news. I start chemo today,” he shared in the video. “One in 750 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and I’m one of them.”
“Because it’s rarely talked about, it’s usually found at later stages and has worse outcomes. I want to change that,” he added.
Tyler plans to document his journey on his social media, and ended the video with a clip of him at chemo and flipping off the camera after saying, “F-ck cancer.”
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