Michael Whitehead

Rod is a Sydney-born writer, internet publisher, and breast cancer patient activist. Upon diagnosis, in March 2014, with Stage IIIB IBC, he was treated with chemotherapy, mastectomy and 33 doses of radiation, and am now on tamoxifen. Two years later he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had a prostatectomy. Currently he’s NED for both cancers. A regular poster on X @malefitness, he contributes to various closed breast and prostate cancer Facebook pages, writes articles and creates videos. His website, MaleBC.org, includes links to the latest research, and to a Manifesto which is aimed at securing some basic equivalence for men diagnosed with and treated for this disease. As well, Rod speaks about male breast cancer at local functions, volunteers as a trained telephone counsellor and at a local infusion centre and appears in a variety of media educating and informing the public. He is President, Board of Directors, Male Breast Cancer Global Alliance.