Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Breast cancer verses prostate cancer

Breast cancer verses prostate cancer?
I mean, you hear about breast cancer all the time, people trying to raise money and awareness, which I think is great. But you never hear about prostate cancer. Why is that?
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1 :
First off let me say that I lost a very close family member to prostate cancer. The reason you don't see as much about it is because it usually affects older men. Breast cancer strikes women of all ages on a much more regular basis. By the time most men are diagnosed they are already fairly old and near the end of their lives. I agree that more should be done about prostate cancer, but I also understand that there are only so many resources to go around, and that more people can probably benefit from breast cancer research.
2 :
That is a great point, prostate cancer is the number 2 cancer in males too! Maybe men are too "personal" to talk about it - since talking about it most likely would prove to the world that they have had things stuck up the @$$. It's nothing to be ashamed of - maybe they dont want to lose their pride.
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Breast Cancer gets more support that's all. Look at lung cancer it's deadly and they don't even have a proper screening tool.
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The big push for breast cancer awareness, fund raising and research was a grassroots effort started years ago by family members of those who died of breast cancer and those who survived it. Breast cancer accounts for 29% of all cancers. Although prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, it is not nearly as deadly. At its peak the death rate was 27 in 100,000 and it is not unusual for a man to live with it for 10-20 years. Men are usually diagnosed when they are over 65 years of age. Most breast cancers occur in postmenopausal women, but 25% do not. I have had two this week in women who are 31 and 32 years of age, both found the lump while breastfeeding their baby. It is not likely either will live long enough to see their children past elementary school. Thanks to all the effort made by everyday people to find a cure for breast cancer it is no longer the death sentence it once was. We still do not have a cure, but we have learned so much more and are better able to manage the disease. Research is ongoing for all types of cancer there is just not highly organized groups to keep it in the news or raising money for it. However, anyone can start one if they wish.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers do a big fund raiser for Prostate Cancer. Your right, however, not enough is done to promote awareness of prostate and testicular cancer.

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