I would say that a big part of the survival decrease for men is the belief that men don’t get breast cancer. They don’t look for it, and it is caught later. Any man who has it in his family should be vigilant.
There was a man at my last breast cancer survival group meeting. His mother also had it.
Another group with lower survival rates is young women. I’ve seen a few videos on YouTube of young women who felt something but could not get mammograms because their doctors or radiologist thought someone their age couldn’t have breast cancer. Often, the cancer has grown a lot and even metastasized before they can convince someone to give them the proper tests for diagnosis.
Beyonce’s dad has breast cancer.
There are a variety of factors in deciding whether you can get free testing.
I can’t remember them all but pretty sure a male person with breast cancer doesn’t have to be under 50 but I think you still need one more person if you don’t have cancer.