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Why is the federal government (US) spending 7x more on breast cancer research than prostate cancer, despite...
...the fact that about 9 percent more men in the US develop prostate cancer than women develop breast cancer.
$550 million v. $80 million
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/articl...
Likewise, in Australia, breast cancer on average kills 2600 women each year
However,
http://www.prostate.org.au/pcfa-reso...n...
Prostate cancer kills 2,700 Australian men every year.
2600 women v. 2700 men. Yet the Australian Government, in 2004, through the National Health and Medical Research Council, provided $6.9 million in funding for research into breast Cancer. While the Australian Government, through the National Health and Medical Research Council, provided $2.5 million in funding for research into prostate cancer.
$6.9 m for women; $2.5 m for men.
Women receiving 3x more funding than men.
My question is WHY
Are men just not worth as much as women? Additional Details Ladies first? But I thought we lived in an age of equality?
Why are you saying that the US government is spending 7x more on breast cancer research than on prostate research and then you give examples of deaths in Australia? What is the purpose of this? The number of breast cancer deaths is Australia doesn't even come close to the number of deaths in the US.
crystal
he might be doing it because breast cancer can kill a woman faster then prostate can kill a man but it is very wrong for him to be doing that for women and not men but maybe hes trying to find something for prostate cancer that he can spend just as much money on well maybe not but i dont know
Diane T
Okay first of all, men have a test it's called the PSA it cost a fortune to come up with this little test to detect prostate cancer. Millions and millions were spent in research way before they even thought about breast cancer. It's only been in the last several years that we women have been demanding more research to come up with a blood test or something of that sort to detect breast cancer early on. Susan G. Koman's sister got it all kicked off when she made a promise to her sister that she would do what ever it took to find a cure for breast cancer. Plus prostate cancers is a very slow growing cancer and most men don't die of it. I'm not sure your stats are right, at least not here in the US. I for one can tell you I sure wish it was as easy as taking a blood test and if that came out high you would know. It's still very hard to detect breast cancer.
plushy_bear JPA
If your statistics are correct, I suspect it's because prostate cancer has really just begun to be discussed openly in the mainstream.
We should be spending more money on health and education and welfare (housing, etc - general welfare of our people, not WELFARE handout is my point!) and less on flexing muscles.
Just my point of view.
Gulab
Let me give a different colour to your opinion.
Breast cancer is most common among white women
Prostrate cancer is most common among Afro American men.
What says bro!!!
Super Mimi
Very good question! We should ask our congressmen, senators if anyone know these statistics. Why men are invisible? Write to your congressmen, senators and tell them
they should do something about it.
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