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The breast cancer movement was started because at the time, male-only cancers (such as prostate and testicular cancers) were getting far more funding and resear

The breast cancer movement was started because at the time, male-only cancers (such as prostate and testicular cancers) were getting far more funding and research, while breast cancer was essentially being ignored despite being at least an order of magnitude more common. That it's more common has probably made it easier to do research on once it gained sufficient visibility and funding.

gman83 10y ago
Breast cancer was not an order of magnitude more common than prostate cancer: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21332/full#caac21332-fig-0003 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21332/full#c...
- thebspatrol 10y ago
  Prostate cancer isn't as big of an issue fatality-wise. Right now breast cancer has a disproportionate amount of money spent on it, but I don't think comparing it to prostate cancer is fair.
  - daviddavis 10y ago
    Prostate cancer isn't as big of an issue fatality-wise. Are you sure? It looks like they're both about 21 deaths per 100,000 people: https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html
    - rustynails 10y ago
      Prostate cancer is noticeably higher and has been for a long time. Try https://prostate-cancer.canceraustralia.gov.au/statistics https://prostate-cancer.canceraustralia.gov.au/statistics And https://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/cancer-types/breast-cancer/breast-cancer-statistics https://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/cancer-types/... Similar figures in the UK too. The MSM have pushed breast cancer heavily for as long as I can remember. Despite male homelessness being around 80%, the MSM downplays this too, in the same way male cancer is heavily downplayed by MSM. That's been the case for at least 30 years (source: ABS).
  - chatterbeak 10y ago
    My father died from metastasized prostate cancer. It kills many men each year. If you want to spread "fake news" try another site.
godmodus 10y ago
That being said, medicine is "new" technology. We're advancing it pretty fast though. Edit: not to mention the perception of females as a weaker sex. Socially, society is mirroring male behavior in terms of protection of females. It'll switch and balance itself out in due time. Historically I think makes died more often to work or war, females to sickness. Today these boundaries are blurring, but (socio)evolution is a patient turtle.
tathougies 10y ago
And yet we still have no treatment for testicular cancer other than castration -- so much for all the research.

gman83 10y ago

Breast cancer was not an order of magnitude more common than prostate cancer: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21332/full#caac21332-fig-0003 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21332/full#c...

thebspatrol 10y ago
Prostate cancer isn't as big of an issue fatality-wise. Right now breast cancer has a disproportionate amount of money spent on it, but I don't think comparing it to prostate cancer is fair.
- daviddavis 10y ago
  Prostate cancer isn't as big of an issue fatality-wise. Are you sure? It looks like they're both about 21 deaths per 100,000 people: https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html
  - rustynails 10y ago
    Prostate cancer is noticeably higher and has been for a long time. Try https://prostate-cancer.canceraustralia.gov.au/statistics https://prostate-cancer.canceraustralia.gov.au/statistics And https://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/cancer-types/breast-cancer/breast-cancer-statistics https://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/cancer-types/... Similar figures in the UK too. The MSM have pushed breast cancer heavily for as long as I can remember. Despite male homelessness being around 80%, the MSM downplays this too, in the same way male cancer is heavily downplayed by MSM. That's been the case for at least 30 years (source: ABS).
- chatterbeak 10y ago
  My father died from metastasized prostate cancer. It kills many men each year. If you want to spread "fake news" try another site.

godmodus 10y ago

That being said, medicine is "new" technology. We're advancing it pretty fast though. Edit: not to mention the perception of females as a weaker sex. Socially, society is mirroring male behavior in terms of protection of females. It'll switch and balance itself out in due time. Historically I think makes died more often to work or war, females to sickness. Today these boundaries are blurring, but (socio)evolution is a patient turtle.

tathougies 10y ago

And yet we still have no treatment for testicular cancer other than castration -- so much for all the research.