How can a guy die from ovarian cancer if men don't have ovaries?

I was watching the news and this man died from ovarian cancer but how is that possible if men don't have ovaries? I heard it was very rare for a man to die of ovarian cancer but when ovarian cancer occurs in men, why does it????

and for those of you who said its impossible, its not. I checked online...oh and by the way it says so on wpri12.com

A family history of breast and ovarian cancer can result in a gene mutation. It's called BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 gene mutation. Men with this particular familial history are at a higher risk for developing various types of cancer, including breast and ovarian (even without the ovaries). It's a TYPE of cancer.

I think the person they featured on the news was Robert Eads - a Female to Male transsexual who died a male from ovarian cancer. When she underwent the surgery to become a he, they did not remove the internal female organs. It's all in the documentary "Southern Comfort." Report It

Ovarian cancer can only happen in ovarian cells. Men CANNOT get ovarian cancer. I'm not sure being a "nurse" is being a reliable source. Report It

weird, i will watch this one

LOLOLOLOL

A man cannot die from ovarian cancer.

Men do not have ovaries. You misheard the news story. That would be like a woman dying from prostate cancer. Women don't have prostates.

Men CAN get breast cancer, though.

never heard of it. how can a guy have ovarian cancer without ovary. that's like a girl having testicular cancer...

this doesn't make sense.

Men cannot die from ovarian cancer. Men do not have ovaries, therefore they cannot get ovarian cancer.

hermaphrodite.

INTERESTING!!!! learn something new everyday!!! thanks, alex. makes for a good (albeit a bit strange) topic of conversation. certainly would get everyones attention at a dinner party (and cause a bit of nausea at the same time, still that could be amusing) LOL

Unless the guy is one of those people who have XXY chromosomes and maybe has the latent remains of ovaries somewhere, i don't see how a guy can get ovarian cancer.

But a guy can get breast cancer.

Maybe he was a "hermaphrodite?"

haha. men dont have ovaries! only women do. are you sure you heard right?

Ovaries are the equivalent of Testicles . Otherwise you are talking Hermaphrodite

it is possible for a man to die of ovarian cancer. they may be born with a genetic defect that allows them to have ovaries in an unusual place, such as the chest.

Men can carry the gene that causes breast and ovarian cancer
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/Gene...
http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v9/n7...

It is impossible. While men can carry genes which make people suspectible to ovarian cancer, they have no ovarian cells. Therefore, they cannot get ovarian cancer. Whoever said they can is pulling your leg.

By the way, people do not inherit genes that cause cancer. They carry genes that make them suspectible to cancer. Therefore, carriers have higher risk but no gurantee they will ever have develop cancer.

Robert Eads (the man who died from ovarian cancer) was the subject of a documentary called "Southern Comfort." He was a female-to-male transsexual. When 'she' underwent the surgery to become a 'he' the doctors didn't remove all of the female organs and ironically that's what killed him. It's a good but very sad movie.