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limey - 07 Oct 2007 21:20 GMT
I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every
informed woman knows what to look for and what routine tests to have
done.

Why isn't the same publicity given to prostate cancer?  Why isn't there
more of a publicized emphasis on men getting tested?   Why aren't more
men speaking up about this?

The average man, except for groups such as this when a man subscribes
once he joins the "club",  knows very little about Pca and the
importance of screening, especially if his primary is lax (as ours was).

For goodness sake, how does this scourge get some widespread notice?
Articles?  "Prostate runs", like the Susan Komen runs?   Keeping after
our own M.D.s?  Help save a life.

Dora

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bobinnv - 07 Oct 2007 22:20 GMT
> I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
> research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
> Dora

You know, I think to a certain extent, there is already lot of publicity
out there about PCa. In the past, I just tuned it out. Now, after my
diagnosis, I keep noticing mentions on TV, in magazines, etc. I think
they have been there all along, but prostate cancer was just not on my
radar. You can send the message, but getting people to pay attention is
another matter.
J - 08 Oct 2007 00:11 GMT
> I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
> research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Articles?  "Prostate runs", like the Susan Komen runs?   Keeping after
> our own M.D.s?  Help save a life.

Screening oversold
<
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/articles/2007/09/30/cancer_scares_grow_as_
screening_rises/?page=1


"But the pressure to be aggressive in the war on cancer is powerful, both
because the disease remains the nation's second leading killer and because
doctors know they will be punished more for inaction than excessive action."

J
Steve Jordan - 08 Oct 2007 00:50 GMT
(snip)

> Screening oversold
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>  and because doctors know they will be punished more for inaction
> than excessive action."

Just another ignoramus reporter huffing and puffing (especially
puffing). And being very careful that quotations fit his scheme, which
is commercial in nature.

I'll take my medical advice from people who are qualified to give it,
thanks very much.

It would be interesting to know whether the reporter has screening
tests. I know people who refuse. They are fools.

And BTW, rather than posting a URL link that is >100 characters long,
and which some folks are unable to use, I recommend taking a minute or
so to translate it using www.tinyurl.com

In this case, the 100+ characters were translated to
http://tinyurl.com/2hljt9

Regards,

Steve J
J - 08 Oct 2007 07:40 GMT
> I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
> research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
> I'll take my medical advice from people who are qualified to give it,
> thanks very much.

It's not off point - limey's text reinserted.

Quotes from premier doctors/places for cancer care....

"Cancer scares grow as screening rises
Better tests sought to reduce anxiety

By Scott Allen, Globe Staff  |  September 30, 2007

Jane Lee Johnson thought her swelling waistline was just an unwelcome sign of menopause. But when the
49-year-old's abdominal pain grew so severe that she could scarcely breathe earlier this month, doctors at
Falmouth Hospital told her that she had something far more frightening: A CT scan had detected a large tumor
on her ovaries.

"I was really upset," said Johnson, who underwent surgery at a Rhode Island cancer center a few days later.
"I always heard that, once ovarian cancer is detected, it must be serious, because it usually goes
undetected. I thought it might be fatal."

But she did not have cancer at all. The large growth on her ovaries was benign, which could have been
determined early if doctors had a reliable test for ovarian cancer. The growth needed to come out, but Cape
Cod doctors could have removed it without all the anxiety.

Cancer specialists are proud that the United States is home to more cancer survivors than any other nation,
10.5 million people.

But there is a darker side to that success. For every cancer survivor, there are several "cancer scare
survivors" such as Johnson, who have been told, based on imperfect tests, that they may have cancer when they
do not.

False alarms are not only stressful, but they also often force patients to undergo uncomfortable follow-up
tests or even surgery, only to discover that they are cancer-free. Doctors perform an estimated 2 million
biopsies, in which a needle is inserted to extract a tissue sample, on healthy breasts in women and prostate
glands in men each year because of suspicious test results.

In one study, more than 500 women with no symptoms of ovarian cancer underwent unnecessary abdominal surgery
because a blood test wrongly suggested they had the disease.

Unfortunately, in a nation where "early detection" is a mantra and where new high-tech screening tests are
being promoted for lung and breast cancer, despite high error rates, it is increasingly possible that
everyone will experience a cancer scare.

A National Cancer Institute study released in June showed that within three years, nearly half the healthy
men and women 55 and older who underwent regular screening for four leading cancers received at least one
test result incorrectly suggesting they might have cancer, called a false positive. Women who diligently get
annual mammograms face a 50 percent risk of a false-positive test result within a decade, another study
found.

"I think that's just the risk of so many screenings, but the figures are pretty staggering," said Dr. Judy
Garber, director of the cancer risk and prevention clinic at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Tests intended to detect cancers early, before patients have symptoms, are made to be exquisitely sensitive,
so as not to miss potential cancers. The result is that they wrongly indicate potential cancer of the breast,
colon, cervix, and other organs 5 to 15 percent of the time, which translates into a cancer scare for at
least 20 million Americans as a result of routine screening, according to a Dartmouth College researcher.
Page 2 of 3 --

Even after symptoms appear, tests used to determine whether a patient has cancer are often inconclusive,
leading to more invasive testing and aggressive treatment. The blood test for ovarian cancer misses
early-stage cancers half the time, studies show, frequently causing doctors to suspect cancer even when
results are normal, as in Johnson's case.

"In a serious disease like cancer, not doing the most aggressive thing is seen as taking a chance," said Dr.
James Talcott, director of the center for outcomes research at the cancer center at Massachusetts General
Hospital."

Cancer scares grow as screening rises
Better tests sought to reduce anxiety

By Scott Allen, Globe Staff  |  September 30, 2007

Jane Lee Johnson thought her swelling waistline was just an unwelcome sign of menopause. But when the
49-year-old's abdominal pain grew so severe that she could scarcely breathe earlier this month, doctors at
Falmouth Hospital told her that she had something far more frightening: A CT scan had detected a large tumor
on her ovaries.

"I was really upset," said Johnson, who underwent surgery at a Rhode Island cancer center a few days later.
"I always heard that, once ovarian cancer is detected, it must be serious, because it usually goes
undetected. I thought it might be fatal."

But she did not have cancer at all. The large growth on her ovaries was benign, which could have been
determined early if doctors had a reliable test for ovarian cancer. The growth needed to come out, but Cape
Cod doctors could have removed it without all the anxiety.

Cancer specialists are proud that the United States is home to more cancer survivors than any other nation,
10.5 million people.

But there is a darker side to that success. For every cancer survivor, there are several "cancer scare
survivors" such as Johnson, who have been told, based on imperfect tests, that they may have cancer when they
do not.

False alarms are not only stressful, but they also often force patients to undergo uncomfortable follow-up
tests or even surgery, only to discover that they are cancer-free. Doctors perform an estimated 2 million
biopsies, in which a needle is inserted to extract a tissue sample, on healthy breasts in women and prostate
glands in men each year because of suspicious test results.

In one study, more than 500 women with no symptoms of ovarian cancer underwent unnecessary abdominal surgery
because a blood test wrongly suggested they had the disease.

Unfortunately, in a nation where "early detection" is a mantra and where new high-tech screening tests are
being promoted for lung and breast cancer, despite high error rates, it is increasingly possible that
everyone will experience a cancer scare.

A National Cancer Institute study released in June showed that within three years, nearly half the healthy
men and women 55 and older who underwent regular screening for four leading cancers received at least one
test result incorrectly suggesting they might have cancer, called a false positive. Women who diligently get
annual mammograms face a 50 percent risk of a false-positive test result within a decade, another study
found.

"I think that's just the risk of so many screenings, but the figures are pretty staggering," said Dr. Judy
Garber, director of the cancer risk and prevention clinic at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Tests intended to detect cancers early, before patients have symptoms, are made to be exquisitely sensitive,
so as not to miss potential cancers. The result is that they wrongly indicate potential cancer of the breast,
colon, cervix, and other organs 5 to 15 percent of the time, which translates into a cancer scare for at
least 20 million Americans as a result of routine screening, according to a Dartmouth College researcher.
Page 2 of 3 --

Even after symptoms appear, tests used to determine whether a patient has cancer are often inconclusive,
leading to more invasive testing and aggressive treatment. The blood test for ovarian cancer misses
early-stage cancers half the time, studies show, frequently causing doctors to suspect cancer even when
results are normal, as in Johnson's case.

"In a serious disease like cancer, not doing the most aggressive thing is seen as taking a chance," said Dr.
James Talcott, director of the center for outcomes research at the cancer center at Massachusetts General
Hospital.

> It would be interesting to know whether the reporter has screening
> tests. I know people who refuse. They are fools.

Don't like the message - don't shoot the messengers.

> And BTW, rather than posting a URL link that is >100 characters long,
> and which some folks are unable to use, I recommend taking a minute or
> so to translate it using www.tinyurl.com
>
> In this case, the 100+ characters were translated to
> http://tinyurl.com/2hljt9

Not long enough (to bother) - and does not tell the reader what one is pointing to.
J
J - 08 Oct 2007 23:07 GMT
> And BTW, rather than posting a URL link that is >100 characters long,
> and which some folks are unable to use, I recommend taking a minute or
> so to translate it using www.tinyurl.com
>
> In this case, the 100+ characters were translated to
> http://tinyurl.com/2hljt9

Thanks for this, Steve,
I saw, on my next post , why it's better to follow your suggestion.
J
Steve Jordan - 08 Oct 2007 01:34 GMT
On October 7 Dora wrote:

(snip)

> The average man, except for groups such as this when a man subscribes
>  once he joins the "club",  knows very little about Pca and the
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Articles?  "Prostate runs", like the Susan Komen runs?   Keeping
> after our own M.D.s?  Help save a life.

I'll try to answer.

Fundamentally, it's because men are fools about their genito-urinary
system. They don't want to be educated about it and will simply stare
past any information about PCa.

Until the thousand of bricks falls on them.....

And even then, only a tiny minority try to learn about their disease. Or
they leave the heavy lifting to their wives/SOs. Mostly, they hide from the
truth and go baaaaing along with their medic's orders, which in itself
can be dangerous.

I understand that it is said by idiots that if one must have cancer,
prostate cancer is the one to have. Oh sure. Tell that to the man such as
Hugh Kearnley, recently deceased, who had extensive bone mets and was
prescribed 24/7 morphine and Fentanyl to relieve the pain. He he was dxd
in December 2006 with a PSA of 160 and the terrible mets. He suffered
and suffered and suffered.

Until at the urging of us Yanks (he was a Scot) he prevailed upon his
*third* onc since dx in December '06 to rx a palliative tx common in
civilized countries: RT of the mets. He had wonderful results. Put aside
his cane. Planned to resume playing the organ, which he did very well.

Then he died.

He had been told that RT of the mets was not appropriate. Thank you
National Health Service for your cookbook medicine.

Yabbut it's "free." Uh huh.

Do I seem bitter? That's because I am.

Back to the point: A little progress is made from time to time getting
the message out to men at risk. But it must be admitted that the ladies
have done a masterful (mistressful?) job of promoting their BCa message
and I wish them the best.

I have noted that September was "Prostate Cancer Month." Oh really? Not
one word in the press, nothing at all anywhere that I saw. October is
"Breast Cancer Month." There are exhibits all over my local supermarket,
along with product promotions such as specially-marked cans of
Campbell's Soup. A bin into which I place surplus clothing from time to
time is owned and serviced by a BCa club.

Well, men won't take care of themselves; women know that and I respect
them for their patience with such childish fools.

Now my rant is over. Until next time.

Thanks, Dora.

Regards,

Steve J
jloomis - 08 Oct 2007 02:20 GMT
Hello Dora,
I do try in my little town to discuss prostate cancer issues frankly with
men of my age and older, and younger.  I have directed some on this news
group to seek qualified help and to this day they have been helped.
   To be honest with you, when I was 49 I did not know what a prostate did.
I have found out also that Dr.s still do not know all the function of a
prostate gland in men.  I know it is for partial reproduction but apparently
it has other functions that are not well understood.

I do try to make this prostate cancer something to be aware of and not
afraid of.
Men are hardly ever probed or inspected all through there lives in the
sexual arena.  The most a man may have had was a ball squeeze at a health
physical.

Anyway, if more men do this, it may help spread the news........
I speak to men all the time and tell them my ordeal in depth and matter of
factly so as to treat the problem like something that can be repaired....
Men understand repair work, and when you talk to them in those terms.......
they listen.
Thanks,
John Loomis
>I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
>research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every informed
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
> Dora
c palmer - 08 Oct 2007 03:52 GMT
From: limey113@yahoo.com (limey)
I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice
and research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every
informed woman knows what to look for and what routine tests to have
done.
Why isn't the same publicity given to prostate cancer? Why isn't there
more of a publicized emphasis on men getting tested?   Why aren't more
men speaking up about this?
The average man, except for groups such as this when a man subscribes
once he joins the "club", knows very little about Pca and the importance
of screening, especially if his primary is lax (as ours was).
For goodness sake, how does this scourge get some widespread notice?
Articles? "Prostate runs", like the Susan Komen runs?   Keeping after
our own M.D.s? Help save a life.
Dora
Signature

==> hi dora - you might find this interesting........

on the day that i left to have my prostate removed,  an 85 year friend
of my dad's had stopped by to do some fishing.  when i told him where i
was going and the reason why, his response was, "that's no big deal.  i
know of 4 men who have prostate cancer and there doing fine......"

i thought to myself,  here's an 85 year old man telling me that cancer
is no big deal and 4 of his friends have it and so what???

you wouldn't hear that come from the female side, but i heard it on the
male side.

now,  on to breast cancer........

be forewarned,  this is a rant/warning.....

they did a news article about how breast cancer is being used to rip off
the public.  they went on to show how companies are using pink labels
and "think pink" slogan to push their products and that NONE of what you
pay for goes toward breast cancer.

so, tonight, as i was standing in line at walmart,  there was a BIG
display of hersey kisses, all done up in pink and in bold letters,
"pledge to the cause"  

when you first see it you think that this company is giving to breast
cancer and that purchasing their product will help the breast cancer
cause.   but as i read the package, it was the farthest thing from the
truth.

on the package in not so large letters, was an event, "race for the
cure" and that the money will go toward  the cancer foundation and to
visit their website to learn more.  

nowhere on the package - that was all done in pink - did it say that
their profits was going toward the cause.

so, here we are..........

on the one side.... the general population is not fully aware of
prostate cancer and the push/drive is not there.

on the other side....  we have a cause that has been exploited and is
being used to line the pockets of the large corporations.

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional    
"Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."
http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc

El Woody - 09 Oct 2007 03:20 GMT
> I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
> research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> --
> limey...@yahoo.com

Dora - I think there are some generational things at work here as well
as male/female. Men the generation before mine (i am 44) subscribe to
the strong, silent type as a make archetype. They are also scared to
death to think clinically about their genital/uro systems. This is too
close to the bone.

On the other hand, women of my mother's generation (including mom a 20
year breast cancer survivior) seem much more practical about their
breasts.

My generation is only a little better about thinking through the
implications of prostate cancer. We have a better,but spotty,
understanding of the essential nature of the organ in sexual
reproduction due to more sex education throughout our school years.
As the average age of diagnosis decreases with increased PSA
screening, I think you will see a great deal more general interest in
this cancer.

My concern upon diagnosis was soley about sexual and erectile function
- Death, Incontinence, pain - were all secondary. This attitude was
corrected by, among others, my wife and the folks on this site. Still,
as a younger member of this club, I still feel that this aspect of the
disease is not explored enough due to the average age of diagnosis.

Another factor is the state of the art in treatment and diagnosis for
PCa is at least 20 years behind that of breast cancer.  My diagnosis
came because in the words of my primary " I can stick my finger in
your a.s once a year and hope to feel something smaller than a pea, or
I can add a test to the blood work I am doing anyway and know for
sure."  I have had a PSA test since 40. The test spiked from 2.6 to
3.3 last October. We ruled out all the potential causes for this
increase in PSA (prostatitus, injury) and had Pca confirmed in June.
Let's assume that theses were all false positives - I would have had a
biopsy for no reason. Biopsies are not fun and probably increase
medical expenses across the economy.  I am willing to bet that I will
more than pay that back in productive years to come.

I have kept my diagnosis and treatment out in the open. If any of my
friends, clients, colleagues etc learn of my diagnosis and insist that
their primary order a simple PSA test and this results in early
diagnosis, my approach will have potentially saved a life. I am all
for more education, I just think it should be focused on younger as
well as older men.

How about PCa Bike rides!?

Good luck.
Beverley - 09 Oct 2007 05:42 GMT
This topic has come up many times over the years. It's out there ,but not
quite like breast cancer. Yes, Susan G. Komen's name is synonymous with
breast cancer.  So far we don't have the same thing with prostate cancer. I
think the guys here have touched on several things, but the bottom line is
prostate cancer has been hushed for years. Treatment years ago almost always
left men impotent and therefore it stuck a certain fear. Men who had been
treated wouldn't talk about it, not even to their sons. They didn't want the
world to think that they were no longer viral.

Sexual function (SF) has been a basic part of a man's ego for probably
thousands of years. Prostate cancer still seems to rob men of this basic
need to perform. SF starts when males are very young. Even a toddler learns
very quickly to "pull" on what he has. Males grow up and with them so does
their SF. The loss of SF is felt so deeply and causes a real depression. PC
still destroys the SF on so many men. Not many men want to admit they have
problems. This makes it hard for many males to openly discuss PC even with
their wives. To make matters worse PC tends to hit about the same time as
females go through menopause or are post menopausal. Many women no longer
have the desire for a sexual relationship so they don't comprehend why the
loss of a man's SF would be such a big deal. But unlike females, a male will
retain his SF for all or most all of his life.

The stigma of SF loss is so great that until men can get past it, PC will be
hidden in a closet for another 20 years. The good news is that the new,
educated, younger generation of men are learning about PC. Many of today's
young males are much more aware of their health then probably any other
generation before them. They are often portrayed as beer swigging, pizza
maniacs, the truth is a large portion of them are already aware of
cholesterol levels and are jogging or working out several times a week. They
know about STD's, testicular cancer, and prostate cancer. They no longer
look at getting a flu shot as something for sissies.

Just as menopause was considered the end of a woman's life, there's a new
breed of women talking about the new fifty. Instead of feeling as if their
life was over they are recognizing that it is the beginning of a "new" life
for them. Men are just a wee bit behind the curve, but it is happening.

The 55 + generation is still talking in whispers about PC. This older
generation was part of the society that kept husbands in the waiting room
while the wife delivered the baby. There are plenty of men that have never
actually seen their wife's genitals. (No, I'm not joking.) And we wonder why
this older generation isn't talking about PC?

Yes, prostate cancer needs a Susan G. Komen. We need to remove the stigma
and concentrate more on finding a cure, early testing, and better
treatments. We need to drag the men (and the women who love them) out of the
closet and get them to stand up and say, "There is life after PC!"

I know this sounds crass, but women are more than just boobs and baby
factories. And men are more than just a hard cock! We all might miss what we
once were, but that doesn't make us less worthwhile. And until that message
is ingrained into everyone's brain PC will remain in the closet.
Bev

> I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
> research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
> Dora
limey - 09 Oct 2007 22:02 GMT
Thanks, everyone, for helping me let off steam.  Special thanks go to El
Woody and Bev, who have hit the nail right on the head.

I'll do my part on spreading the word, even if I have to tackle a group
of women and persuade them to keep after their partners to get tested.

Our primary doesn't believe in giving routine DRE or PSA tests - says
they're not reliable.   My husband had to ask, then the M.D. had a small
fit when he saw the results (even though Henry had lost 40 pounds).   In
the meantime, my son and my son-in-law have PSA tests as part of yearly
physicals and I'm sure they'll keep that up.

I agree that except for groups such as this, Pca and even DRE's are
non-subjects, hence my rant that it doesn't get the heads-up coverage
that breast cancer does.  Example - a two-page spread this week in our
local Sunday paper was devoted to various types of cancer - breast,
pancreatic, GI, leukemia - but not one word about prostate cancer.   It
will be through education that men are concerned enough to do something.
That's precisely what happened with breast cancer - which was an
off-limits subject at one time, too.

Thanks for listening.

Dora
Beverley - 10 Oct 2007 00:50 GMT
I think that newspaper needs a letter to the editor!
Bev

> Thanks, everyone, for helping me let off steam.  Special thanks go to El
> Woody and Bev, who have hit the nail right on the head.
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>
> Dora
Steve tew - 10 Oct 2007 20:26 GMT
>I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
>research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every informed
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
> Dora

Just for kicks I searched Google News...

Google search run for breast cancer:  Results 1 - 10 of about 1,760 for run
for breast cancer. (0.26 seconds)

Google search "run for breast cancer" :  Results 1 - 6 of 6 for
run-for-breast-cancer. (0.09 seconds)

Google search run for prostate cancer:   Results 1 - 10 of about 240 for run
for prostate cancer. (0.28 seconds)

Google search "run for prostate cancer" :  Your search - "run for prostate
cancer" - did not match any documents.

So it looks like the ratio is around six or seven to one as far as running
events in the news.

I don't know that it is a meaningful study, except to confirm the impression
that there is certainly less chatter about prostate cancer than there is
about breast cancer.

An interesting side note on the topic:  A friend of mine who is a news
commentator found out he had prostate cancer and did a special on it which
was broadcast on the local TV station where we work.  When I found out I had
it I turned to him for some advice and we have often talked about it since.
I approached some of our radio folks about it (some of our programming is
slanted towards the male audience) and there was no interest at all in
dedicating even a minute of air time on the topic.

I am convinced that most guys just don't want to hear about it... period.

In the entertainment sector the most you will hear about it is jokes about
getting a finger stuck up the butt.

God Bless,
Steve
limey - 10 Oct 2007 20:46 GMT
>> I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice
>> and research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.  Every
[quoted text clipped - 53 lines]
> God Bless,
> Steve

Sad.   I think a lot of men are immediately turned off screening when
they learn they might lose their virility if treatment is needed.
Virility isn't very important if your life's at stake.   Don't think for
a minute that a woman isn't stricken when she has to lose a breast,
either.  It's just one of those things in life which has to be done,
given the alternative.

Dora
J - 11 Oct 2007 01:31 GMT
> Just for kicks I searched Google News...
>
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
> slanted towards the male audience) and there was no interest at all in
> dedicating even a minute of air time on the topic.

Pink/breast cancer is commercial
http://www.newstarget.com/020740.html
http://www.blogher.org/node/11554

Prostate Cancer Awareness /'Runs
UK March 2007 http://www.realmendo.org.uk/press_mands.htm
http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/what/awareness07/
Over 700 groups across the country organised events to raise awareness of the
most common cancer in men and raise money to support our work.

http://motorcycleridefordad.org/ Canada - I think the news said they were across
Canada.
Canada - welcome to the 2007 Vancouver Underwear Affair
http://www.uncoverthecure.org/index.html

I've seen at least 2 cities in the US who have buses who park in certain areas
of their city and screen for prostate cancer.  There might be more that only hit
the local news?

Type in awareness campaigns october and/or awareness campaign october
Maybe the wrong month was picked ? There's so many others in October...

Bottom line, breasts get the headlines almost every day.
J
limey - 11 Oct 2007 16:57 GMT
> Prostate Cancer Awareness /'Runs
> UK March 2007 http://www.realmendo.org.uk/press_mands.htm
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Canada - welcome to the 2007 Vancouver Underwear Affair
> http://www.uncoverthecure.org/index.html

Hooray for the UK and Canada!

> I've seen at least 2 cities in the US who have buses who park in
> certain areas of their city and screen for prostate cancer.  There
> might be more that only hit the local news?

Let's hope that gets more widespread.   The same thing was done for
breast cancer many years ago (maybe 20?) by the Univ. of Maryland
Medical Center and a lot of women who felt "I really should do
something" actually took advantage of the screening and "did something".
I know it turned up something odd with me which was screened further
(fortunately benign).  I've often wondered how many women were first
alerted by those screening buses.
BH - 11 Oct 2007 03:06 GMT
We put our money on things that are important to us.  This includes
research money.  

Breasts are "lovely to look at and delightful to hold" (like the signs
in antique and gift shops say).  We all - men and women -  place great
value on them.  A prostate, on the other hand, is neither lovely to
look at nor delightful to hold (I think).  They are only seen by
surgical teams and lab techinicians.  And no one wants to even touch
one.  Docs do it because it's part of their job.  So, research for
breast cancer gets more money and research for prostate cancer gets
relatively little.

Seriously, all the other reasons that have been given are all correct.
Just thought I'd try to add a bit of levity into this thread.

My best to all.

>I am a 5-year breast cancer survivor.   Publicity, articles, advice and
>research on breast cancer are endless and well-publicized.   Every
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>Dora

Burney dot Huff at Mindspring dot com
Beverley - 11 Oct 2007 03:27 GMT
Ah, yes, what you say about breasts is true, even a man's chest is
important, but the prostate has such "control" on the those wonderful male
parts that are just as "lovely to look at and delightful to hold".
Bev

> We put our money on things that are important to us.  This includes
> research money.
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>
> Burney dot Huff at Mindspring dot com
BH - 11 Oct 2007 16:04 GMT
:-)

>Ah, yes, what you say about breasts is true, even a man's chest is
>important, but the prostate has such "control" on the those wonderful male
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>> Burney dot Huff at Mindspring dot com

Burney dot Huff at Mindspring dot com
 
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