Sunday, March 24, 2013

Why is it so easy to forget prostate cancer awareness month, but not breast cancer awareness month

Why is it so easy to forget prostate cancer awareness month, but not breast cancer awareness month?
When is prostate cancer awareness month? What did you do? (did you donate, wear a ribbon, etc). What are you doing in recognition of breast cancer awareness month?
Gender Studies - 11 Answers
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Well, for me, it is because my grandmother and my mother died of breast cancer. I can't speak for anyone else, and I will not try to. EDIT: I knew coming in here that people can be very insensitive, but I had no idea that I would get thumbs down for my grandma and my mom dying of cancer. Excuse me.
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The whole thing is political my friend. If there isn't enough money to push it through the political gauntlet, it's just not going to happen. One of the main reasons that breast cancer awareness is so successful is because it attracts a lot of rich donors. Celebrities get involved in walks/runs for its awareness. It's much like a business and it requires lots of publicity. Prostate cancer is in its political infancy in comparison to breast cancer. It needs money, publicity and celebrity support.
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Sorry, I forgot about both.
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Uh, it's hard to tell which next illness the pharmaceutical industry and its nonprofit affiliates plans to commercialize. The "breast-cancer awareness" campaigns and "buy these things with the pink ribbon" are idiotic. Eighty percent of the money goes to some dum.b.a.ss company, and the tiny bit left goes to research. If you're going to donate, donate it ALL to the nonprofit. Don't buy some crap you don't need that was made in some sweatshop in China. _________ P.S. I'm not certain, but I believe that statistically more women die from breast cancer than men from prostate cancer. I might be wrong. Women are also generally paid less for their work and pay MORE for insurance policies. There are health-care disparities. I'm wondering why there isn't some bigger campaign about the FDA recently approving the HPV vaccine for men. Perhaps - total, total guess - it's because men feel they're not responsible for reproductive health, even though they basically carry HPV and spread it around and it's never caught because men aren't routinely tested for HPV like women are through the PAP smear. __________ P.P.S. I was right, though, about deaths from the diagnoses. prostate cancer deaths: 27,400 breast cancer deaths: 40,000 Via Google.
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both cancers are complete BS, why are we focusing on these two? skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the world, and brain cancer is the most lethal. so why don't we concentrate our money on those two?
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There you remembered it already. Happy! Next
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They are both high in importance, where did you get this statement from?
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Because media and industry realizes that women are far more communal and ignorant with their money than are men, and are thus greater marketing targets. - If you think either cause truly has much to do with 'saving lives' or 'helping people' then you are mistaken. As with most ventures, this is largely about making money.
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My grandmother and two of my aunts died of breast cancer. Any bias on my part is partially in memoriam and partially out of fear that I'll have it myself one day.
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Well, I agree with you. Men are forgettable human beings while women are the "more important" gender..
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This is a good question. Both are equally important and equally deadly. I am remembering breast cancer everyday because my grandmother passed away from it about 25 years ago

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

My mamogram showed a clustered pleomorphic calcifications in the right breast. Is this is bad? Breast cancer

My mamogram showed a clustered pleomorphic calcifications in the right breast. Is this is bad? Breast cancer ?
I have a family history of breast cancer and would like to know if this is bad? I have to go for a biopsy on 1/13/09 and am very concerned.
Cancer - 4 Answers
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They are probably just lopsided :-/
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It could be benign or malignant...no one will know until the biopsy comes back. Pleomorphic calcifications are more likely to be of a cancerous origin, but this doesn't mean everyone that gets these results on their mamo has cancer. Relax. Stress is the last thing you need right now. Wait for the biopsy results before you panic, and if it's something you weren't expecting it's still okay, with the science and technology today, they can attack virtually anything. Good Luck.
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any time you hear pleomorphic, that is not a great sign, but it does not guarantee cancer either, it could mean abnormal cells that are not cancer which could be benign or it could also be pre-cancer. how large is this mass? many times tumors less than 1cm and up to 2cm are easily treatable and can be resected. even if it does turn out to be breast cancer it is not the guaranteed gloom and doom it once was, now with modern advances and treatment regimens, people are seeing cure rates up to 89% with this disease. best wishes to you and I hope this helps.
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Polymorphic calcifications happen to be cancer in 30-40% of the patients. These calcifications are mostly the sign of in-situ cancers which mean that they are not invasive and can be totally cured

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

What does the pink ribbons associated with breast cancer represent

What does the pink ribbons associated with breast cancer represent?
when did the wearing of pikn ribbos for breast cancer get started and why
Women's Health - 6 Answers
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nipples are pink?
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Not sure when but it's 4 Breast Cancer that's why we all wear Pink & I'm a Survivor 4 1/2yrs Cancer Free
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This is just a form of Symbol. No True meaning.
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Awareness ribbons are short pieces of ribbon folded into a loop, or representations thereof. They are used in the United States and Canada as a way for the wearer to make a subtle statement of support for a cause or issue. Some ribbons (such as the red HIV/AIDS ribbon) have also received broader international recognition. Such ribbons are pinned on a person's lapel or other part of clothing, or tied around an object, or represented on a sticker or magnet, often displayed on a vehicle. Perhaps the earliest use of awareness ribbons, a use that predates that phrase, is the yellow ribbon popularized in American music by songs that American Folklife Center research dates back to at least 1917, in a song by George A. Norton called "Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon (For her Lover Who Is Far, Far Away)." More recent high-profile examples include She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (a 1949 film starring John Wayne and Joanne Dru) and the 1972 song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" made famous by Tony Orlando and Dawn in the 1970s. Awareness ribbons serve similar purposes to the more recently introduced custom of wearing silicone wristbands, such as the Livestrong wristband. Some have criticized the proliferation of 'Awareness Ribbons' as a form of slacktivism, i.e. allowing people to 'show support' without making an effort in time or money.
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The ribbon "symbol" thingy started with the AIDs crisis. The Persian Gulf War a yellow one was created. The Breast cancer thing took on the pink because pink is a feminie color.
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Pink typically symbolizes a girl. Did you know that there are new ribbons out now that fade into blue on one end. This is to increase the awarness of breast cancer in men also

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