Men get breast cancer, too. But they can’t always access new drugs [Video]

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Warren Kotler has outlived his prognosis. 

Eight years ago, Kotler was told he had three to five years to live. The diagnosis: Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. It’s a common illness among women, but a rare one among men, who account for only one per cent of cases.

Kotler, 61, has received a mix of drug treatments and several courses of radiation therapy. His quality of life is excellent, he said: he got married two years ago. He travels often. He regularly goes on long bike rides. 

Despite that, the Toronto man knows the cancer could eventually outsmart his treatments. The plan he and his medical team developed: “Stick around long enough. There’s new drugs that are going to be coming on, …