[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%

[graciegirl]

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%

Give to all of them. When you are diagnosed with any of them you are really scared.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Give to all of them. When you are diagnosed with any of them you are really scared.

when I give, and I do, I give to cancer research

[kansasr]

While I don't know the source of your data, I can tell you that, among women, breast cancer is the second leading cause of death, exceeded only by lung cancer and greater than colorectal cancer. (US Cancer Statistics Working Group).

As the second leading cause of death among women, I for one have no trouble wearing pink to support this cause.

[Villager Joyce]

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%

If you don't wish to support breast cancer, that is your right. I don't understand your need to come on TOTV and spew your hatred. A large percentage of tbe population has or had breast cancer or a family member has or was lost to breast cancer. It has nothing to do with boobs. It has to do with cancer. I'm trying to keep this civil enough so the admin don't remove it. Just know what I think would not pass mustard.

[Lovey2]

YIKES! to the person diagnosed, and their families, any cancer can be, and often is, deadly. You have a right to not play, but it's not so cool to make light of an awful disease that has killed so many, and usually disfigured those that have lived thru it. I don't think it is a boob "obsession". Methinks the boob issue is not where you lay it.

[jnieman]

I don't see the need to post those statistics on this board.

[justjim]

I was under the impression that wearing pink on Fridays during October was just showing support for an overall cancer cure. Oh well, I will wear pink anyway for whatever........

[Jima64]

Pleast remember that breast cancer is also a male problem. It is not a "boob" thing!

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by kansasr

While I don't know the source of your data, I can tell you that, among women, breast cancer is the second leading cause of death, exceeded only by lung cancer and greater than colorectal cancer. (US Cancer Statistics Working Group).

As the second leading cause of death among women, I for one have no trouble wearing pink to support this cause.

I hope the poster of the statistics realizes that by hacving these "popular events" women are sometimes fortunate to detect the cancer early enough to treat and survive it. Sometimes I wonder why a person would have a problem with another persons efforts to help people. Again thanks for your posting.

[looneycat]

so that is all you haters take away from my post. I guess your blind knee jerk reactions are stronger than your reading skills. make light? preclude other cancers? where do you get this crap. kansar I don't know where you get your stats but mine ARE accurate. I feel sorry for anyone who has cancer but would love to see the majority of the money donated going towards the most lethal forms and breast cancer, thanks to past donations, is not even close. breast cancer is most lethal when it has spread and become one of the other forms...and no, money given to breast cancer usually stays with it.According to to american cancer society ther were 40,000 deaths in 2014 from breast cancer...there were 163,000 deaths from respiratory cancer and 148,000 digestive system cancer.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by kansasr

While I don't know the source of your data, I can tell you that, among women, breast cancer is the second leading cause of death, exceeded only by lung cancer and greater than colorectal cancer. (US Cancer Statistics Working Group).

As the second leading cause of death among women, I for one have no trouble wearing pink to support this cause.

I doubt their numbers are for mortality, you are quoting incidence not mortality, only 10.8% of breast cancer cases cause death. read with your brain not just your eyes. I say this afterreading the uscwg stats at the cdc website.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

If you don't wish to support breast cancer, that is your right. I don't understand your need to come on TOTV and spew your hatred. A large percentage of tbe population has or had breast cancer or a family member has or was lost to breast cancer. It has nothing to do with boobs. It has to do with cancer. I'm trying to keep this civil enough so the admin don't remove it. Just know what I think would not pass mustard.

when the daily rags front page is all about pink ribbons I felt it necessary to post, not that that is your business. the only hate here is yours. I did not say I don't support finding a cure for cancer quite the contrary, I said we need to spend more of the money on other forms, and to those who aren't so mean spirited, that would resolve quite a few of the breast cancer mortalities since those often are due to the cancer morphing into other forms and spreading. and yes I say boobs because any honest man will tell you that is why they support it as well, because its easy if it is of interest to them...I did say honest man, and yes men die of it too 400 of the 40,430 deaths in 2014 were men.

[fred53]

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%

is certainly appropriate...don't go pink...who cares?

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by Lovey2

YIKES! to the person diagnosed, and their families, any cancer can be, and often is, deadly. You have a right to not play, but it's not so cool to make light of an awful disease that has killed so many, and usually disfigured those that have lived thru it. I don't think it is a boob "obsession". Methinks the boob issue is not where you lay it.

make light by showing how many people actually die? you call that making light?? where did I say any of what you inferred? that's pretty flawed thinking that just because the word boob was used in the place of breasts it means I take this lightly? what i see is someone quick to attack. shame on you.