Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 1122850)

LC, I do understand the point you're trying to make. My father died from bladder cancer, my mother from a brain tumor, my brother had been diagnosed with stomach cancer although he died in a diving accident shortly after his diagnosis, I somehow survived melanoma. Any cancer diagnosis is devastating.

I agree that more money needs to be spent on other cancers. However, if breast cancer had not come to the public's attention, it would still be one of the deadliest cancers like it was in the fifties and sixties. Public awareness has made a huge difference. Little by little, other cancers are coming into the limelight. Hopefully, they will reach the low statistics that breast cancer has today. In the meantime, I'll wear my pink if, for no other reason, than to celebrate the declining numbers for breast cancer deaths. But I'll donate to ACS for cancer research rather than for a specific form of cancer.

Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 1122884)

Op wear pink or not. Glad you are not on any three day walk to raise money. Pink for as far as you can see. There has been cancer in our family. I :BigApplause: for those who walk the walk.

Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 1122579)

while I understand the popularity of breast cancer events, everybody is obsessed with boobs, they draw the public awareness away from the truly deadly cancers.

Percentage of patients deceased within five years after diagnosis:

Pancreatic cancer –93%
Liver cancer – 83.9%
Lung cancer – 83.4%
Esophageal cancer – 82.7%
Stomach cancer – 72.3%
Brain cancer – 66.5%
Ovarian cancer – 55.8%
Leukemia – 44%
Laryngeal cancer – 39.4%
Oral cancer – 37.8%
Colon cancer – 35.1%
Bone cancer – 33.6%
Colorectal cancer – 33.5%
Cervical cancer – 32.1%
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma - 30.7%
Kidney cancer – 28.2%
Bladder cancer – 22.1%
Uterine cancer – 18.5%
Breast cancer – 10.8%
Skin cancer – 8.7%
Thyroid cancer – 2.3%
Prostate cancer – 0.8%

Originally Posted by RickeyD (Post 1123016)

Lung cancer is number three on this list. My wife had lung cancer 5 years ago. She has never smoked. There is a stigma associated with lung cancer in that those afflicted did it to themselves. My wife did nothing to harm her lungs. There is an entire wing dedicated to breast cancer at Stonybrook University hospital in NY. The oncology wing serves everyone else. It's a political football as to which disease is the disease of the decade. It use to be polio, and MS. Now its breast cancer. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. The other wheels simply get f***ed.

Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1123026)

I notice there seems to be more lung cancers going on; non-smoking related. What are the doctors telling you the probable causes are?

Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 1122579)

while I understand the popularity of breast cancer events, everybody is obsessed with boobs, they draw the public awareness away from the truly deadly cancers.

Percentage of patients deceased within five years after diagnosis:

Pancreatic cancer –93%
Liver cancer – 83.9%
Lung cancer – 83.4%
Esophageal cancer – 82.7%
Stomach cancer – 72.3%
Brain cancer – 66.5%
Ovarian cancer – 55.8%
Leukemia – 44%
Laryngeal cancer – 39.4%
Oral cancer – 37.8%
Colon cancer – 35.1%
Bone cancer – 33.6%
Colorectal cancer – 33.5%
Cervical cancer – 32.1%
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma - 30.7%
Kidney cancer – 28.2%
Bladder cancer – 22.1%
Uterine cancer – 18.5%
Breast cancer – 10.8%
Skin cancer – 8.7%
Thyroid cancer – 2.3%
Prostate cancer – 0.8%

Originally Posted by xNYer (Post 1123046)

This misstates the frequency of the various cancers. Breast and prostate cancers are far more prevalent than pancreatic cancer. The considerable advancement in treatments of the more frequently diagnosed cancers has caused a significant reduction in the five year death rate.

Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 1122671)

breast cancer is most lethal when it has spread and become one of the other forms...