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Paget's Disease of the Breast and Genitals

Over the last few months we have received a number of e-mails on the subject of Paget's Disease of the Breast and Genitals. These enquiries relate to a type of skin cancer which can affect either the breast or the genitals and can occur in both men and women, but are in no way related to Paget's Disease of the Bone which is a very different condition.

The only connection with Paget's Disease of Bone (which is where our organisation's interest lies) is that both the bone disease and the skin cancers were discovered by the same doctor, Sir James Paget, who was Queen Victoria's surgeon. Unfortunately, although unrelated, both conditions carry his name, which does cause some confusion.

If you want more information about the Paget's Disease of the Breast and Genitals using the link to Cancer-Bacup may be able to help you. They have a very good website which may be able to answer many of your general question. Alternatively, if you live in the UK and choose to telephone their helpline your call can be directed to a trained nurse, contact details are:

Cancer-Bacup
3 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3DR
Tel: 0808 800 1234
Website www.cancerbacup.org.uk

Unfortunately, as a UK based charity they do not have the resources to e-mail replies and respond to telephone calls from overseas enquirers, but their database holds information about similar organisations in different countries which may be useful to you.