The average man has a .01% chance of getting breast cancer. A male with a BRCA mutation has up to an 8% risk. Also, men with the BRCA gene mutation have an elevated risk of other cancers, including prostate cancer and melanoma.
Men with the BRCA mutations can pass it on to their children. If a man carries a BRCA gene, their male and female children have a 50% chance of also carrying the gene.
Just like with women, men who have a strong family history of cancer, even in their female relatives, should consider being tested.
Read more about men and BRCA at FORCE.
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