[asianthree]

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 for those who walk the walk.

[Happinow]

I have a sister who didn't survive cancer.....I have made a beautiful breast cancer wreath in her honor. I'm happy to make one for anyone who would like to honor someone who has survived or who have lost, or just to show support.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by redwitch

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.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by asianthree

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 for those who walk the walk.

as do I, for me it is not my cause specifically. I do not in any way denigrate anyone's dedication to their cause

[golf2140]

Originally Posted by looneycat

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%

Wow, do you feel better. I will support Pink because it supports cancer research

[Cedwards38]

I have a wife and two daughters!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Nothing wrong with supporting breast cancer research or any type of cancer research for that matter. I have a young niece who is now battling breast cancer and it's a horrible ordeal.

It is a bit perplexing however, how so much public attention is given to breast cancer and ovarian cancer when the number one killer of women is heart disease, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year. That’s approximately one woman every minute!

I guess the people behind the breast cancer campaign have just done a better public relations job.

[wudda1955]

I guess the people behind the breast cancer campaign have just done a better public relations job.

Exactly. This explains why breast cancer is in the spotlight and other types are not.

[RickeyD]

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.

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by RickeyD

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.

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

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by outlaw

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

They don't know because there is not enough research. The money flows elsewhere.

[xNYer]

Originally Posted by looneycat

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%

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.

[NotFromAroundHere]

Originally Posted by xNYer

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.

Exactly. For many of the higher mortality cancers on this list, breast cancer has more deaths then the others even have diagnoses.

[NotFromAroundHere]

Originally Posted by looneycat

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

So what you're saying is - breast cancer awareness, which is certainly increased by all of the pink events, helps to reduce the mortality from breast cancer and other types of cancer.

[goodtimesintv]

If you feel slighted with other types of cancer, then DO what the women did to raise awareness and the research monies.

While men could have been campaigning to raise awareness and research monies for prostate cancer, they--at younger ages than prostate cancer years--have seemed to be far more focused on Viagra and the other superficial drugs. That is stupid.