{"id":27451,"date":"2021-09-16T00:24:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T00:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=355174"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:14:29","slug":"woman-who-lost-husband-to-male-breast-cancer-goes-on-road-trip-to-raise-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/woman-who-lost-husband-to-male-breast-cancer-goes-on-road-trip-to-raise-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Who Lost Husband to Male Breast Cancer Goes on Road Trip to Raise Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pat Washburn has gone from city to city in her late husband\u2019s car with one message: Men can get breast cancer, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washburn recently finished a 40-plus city tour<\/a> in her husband Marlyn\u2019s 2014 Dodge Dart. After Marlyn died in 2017, just five months after learning<\/a> he had breast cancer, the car was repurposed. Pat has added messaging about male breast cancer, as well as a prominent picture of Marlyn on the hood. The car is now an awareness campaign on wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Honoring the memory of our Male Breast Cancer Coalition brother Marlyn Washburn on the 4th anniversary of his passing\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

Posted by Male Breast Cancer Coalition<\/a> on Wednesday, May 26, 2021<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Washburn hopes the effort can save lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

She says<\/a>, \u201cI want people to know that men can get breast cancer. I don\u2019t want any other man to go through what my husband went through, and I don\u2019t want any other family to go through what we went through.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Washburn was joined on her tour by Cheri Ambrose, who\u2019s just as passionate about the cause. Ambrose is the co-founder of the Male Breast Cancer Coalition<\/a>, which works to fight the stigma about male breast cancer and to educate men on the signs of the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ambrose saw a personal friend struggle when he found out he had breast cancer. She says he was so embarrassed<\/a> that he never made the information public. He\u2019s now living with stage 4 breast cancer, after a recurrence of the disease. Ambrose believes that may not have happened if he\u2019d had treatment sooner.<\/span><\/p>\n

She says<\/a>, \u201cAlthough the incidence of breast cancer in men is much lower than that of women, the mortality rate is significantly higher. Men are often diagnosed at a much later stage of the disease because they, and sometimes even their doctors, aren\u2019t aware that they can get breast cancer, so they ignore the signs. We\u2019ve lost far too many.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Washburn has been sharing this important information while driving in her \u201cMarlyn Mobile\u201d for some time. In fact, she\u2019d already taken several trips<\/a> with her grandchildren to spread awareness. Getting the word out is something that her husband wanted to do, as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We had the amazing opportunity to educate 3 more people thanks to The Marlyn Mobile. Great meeting you all and wishing\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Posted by Male Breast Cancer Coalition<\/a> on Wednesday, August 18, 2021<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Washburn says<\/a>, \u201cHe was an educator. He had been an educator for 41 years. At the time he was diagnosed, we found out how many of our family and friends did not know that men could get breast cancer. He said at the time that we have to do what we can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For their part, Ambrose and Washburn did what they could to spread the word about male breast cancer in more than a dozen states across the country, from California and Oregon to Iowa and Kansas. Through their social media posts, it\u2019s clear that the \u201cMarlyn Mobile\u201d educated plenty of people on stops along the way, hopefully sparing more men from advanced disease and their loved ones from grief.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the American Cancer Society, about 2,650 men<\/a> will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2021, with about 530 men dying from the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today would have been our 27th wedding anniversary. Breast cancer took him away from all of us too soon. I will be on\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Posted by Pat Washburn<\/a> on Thursday, September 9, 2021<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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