Thursday, May 28, 2009

Why doesnt prostate cancer receive equal funding as breast cancer

Why doesnt prostate cancer receive equal funding as breast cancer?
I support equality for women in all cases but I think that breast cancer funding should be the same for prostate cancer as for men. An equal amount of men die from prostate cancer than breast cancer. Also if anything men should have more health funding since women live 7 years longer than men.

Had it been vice versa the argument would have been valid for women to have more health care which they do even though men die before women.
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1 :
thats one question i dont have the answer to!!! It should!!! because no matter what illness you suffer from it should have the same funding as anyone elses illness. Weather its from a cold to hypoxie what ever it is it should have the same funding amounts you make a great point...Allie
2 :
Ask Susan G. Komen. Honestly, it's because of the end result. Breast cancer is as prevailant in women as prostate cancer is in men, but breast cancer tends to kill many more women than prostate cancer kills men. I personally think that pediatric cancers need much more funding.
3 :
Didn't Lance Armstrong have prostate cancer? I'm positive he did. I'm also positive that the funds received from those 'Live Strong' bracelets went to the charity that he set up specifically for prostate cancer. Besides, there is no equality when it comes to cancer. Not everyone contracts it. Not to mention that there are several cancers that aren't advertised. The fact is, we should be more worried about trying to cure it than which charity is receieving more advertisment time and money.

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