why does more public money go towards curing and researching breast cancer than it does with testicular and prostate cancer even though more men die from prostate cancer (10000 a year in the UK)
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Because women have been more vocal about getting the research done. Got the point? Get busy men !!
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Yeah its all about how proactive people are in raising money.Women for have been very active about breast cancer research. On a side note, Breat cancer kills FAR FAR more people then prostate, which is actually a very treatable cancer.
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Much cancer research is cell research and not necessarily limited to just one form of cancer. I think in N. Amer. more women die of breast cancer than men of prostate cancer and of course men get and die of breast cancer too. But it isn't just deaths that matter, age of onset is important too, and far too many young women are getting BC. I think the main reason it gets more money is that some years ago women decided to raise awareness of the problem and it became sort of trendy to do walks etc. There isn't any reason why men couldn't do the same thing for prostate and testicular cancer. Why not approach one of those sponsors who has dropped Tiger Woods?
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In fact, an average of 12000 women die from breast cancer each year in the UK. I agree that awareness needs to be raised about other diseases, including other cancers, and while I hate 'competitive illness' I can see why there is resentment about an imbalance in awareness raising and fund raising. But the reason breast cancer has a consistently higher profile than other cancers is simple - sheer hard work. People who campaign around illnesses are usually concerned with the illness that's affected them or their family. I know a couple who have a child with a very rare and life-threatening condition (not a cancer). Much of their time is now taken up with campaigning around this condition - fundraising and agitating for more funding for research, more education, more awareness etc. Individuals don't have unlimited time, and choose their campaigns. Similarly, breast cancer awareness campaigns and Breast Cancer Awareness Month were started by ordinary women, most of them with breast cancer or who had lost family members to breast cancer, to raise awareness so that people knew the symptoms, examined themselves regularly, attended their routine mammograms etc. Enthusiastic participation and hard work by women made it grow into something nationally, then internationally, recognised (and then big business cashed in). There are other cancer awareness months, ribbons etc; here's a list: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MED/content/MED_1_Cancer_Calendar.asp - but no cancer campaign has had the sheer hard work put into it that breast cancer awareness has. There are many fundraising events for other types of cancer, and the imbalance is sometimes not as great as your question suggests. For example, Cancer Research UK, the largest cancer charity in Britain, does not hold a national event specifically for breast cancer - they do hold the annual Race for Life which is exclusively for women - but this is to fundraise for cancer in general, not a specific cancer. They do, however, host a national series of runs for men only to raise funds and awareness for bowel cancer. Any group of people can start an awareness campaign for any illness - but if they want it to be as successful as the breast cancer campaigning, they'll have to be prepared to be as dedicated and work as hard. If prostate cancer is a cause close to your heart – and good for you if it is – you and a group of friends could start an awareness campaign; that’s where breast cancer awareness started. As someone in remission from breast cancer, I'm not actually a supporter of BC Awareness month and all the pink crap that goes along with it. I lean more towards the Think Before You Pink and Pink Stinks! campaigns, which were started by women with breast cancer too. http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?page_id=13 But it does sometimes annoy me a little when people complain about the attention breast cancer receives in comparison to other cancers. The solution is not less attention for breast cancer, but more attention for other cancers.
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