Get your link on here Here's some good excerpts from the article. The article presents the claim that Breast Cancer Awareness Month is actually doing little to prevent deaths due to breast cancer while forcing many women into unnecessary treatment. However, what jumps straight out to me is that the "opponents" of awareness cite the inadequacy of imaging devices to find malignant tumors; I'd say the problem is more in the inadequacy of the tech than of the awareness campaign, and I think it's ill-advised to advocate against awareness of a disease. While a conflict of interest may be there, I honestly don't think it's an overriding problem or some kind of conspiracy by pharmaceutical companies. The companies that donate to breast cancer awareness causes are more plausibly doing it to promote their image rather than to make an investment in the behavior of "suckers." As for the minimally-affected death rate, I don't know how exactly the breast cancer numbers have risen over time, but if it is comparable to the increase in population over 26 years (~33%), then the fact that the US death rate due to breast cancer has remained constant at roughly 110 per day seems to involve significant death prevention. However, I don't know the death prevention numbers for other cancers over time, so I can't be sure that this rate of death prevention is particularly good, but it certainly isn't insignificant. Thoughts?
Cough syrup clue to breast drug... Cough syrup gives clue to breast cancer drug dose 18 November 2010 - An active ingredient of cough syrup is broken down in the same way as Tamoxifen
Breast cancer, while tragic, is one of the least likely causes of cancer for both men and women. And what's more, it's one of the easiest to remove and fully recover from. They need to focus on the real killers.
Breast cancer treatment using two drugs... Drug combo helps women with early breast cancer 10 Dec.,`10 New drug combinations are helping women with early breast cancer. Using two drugs that more precisely target tumors doubled the number of women whose cancer disappeared compared to those who had only one of the drugs, doctors reported Friday.
Lot of money in chemotherapy. Pharmaceutical companies are getting richer. Nobody wants to die. But sometimes it works. Personally as a retired nurse I would not get it.
Cancer risk to breast implants... FDA Says Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26,`11 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that breast implants may be linked to a heightened risk for a rare cancer, as evidenced in a small but growing number of cases that have been reported in recent years.
20% don't need lymph nodes removed... Study May Change Breast Cancer Treatment Feb 8, 2011 - Common removal of lymph nodes isn't necessary for many
Mebbe dey tryin' to bring it back... Studies: Avastin may fight early breast cancers Wed Jan 25,`12: Surprising results from two new studies may reopen debate about the value of Avastin for breast cancer. The drug helped make tumors disappear in certain women with early-stage disease, researchers found.
Many cancer patients left to fend for themselves thanks to health care... Many cancer patients are struggling alone, charity says 10 February 2013 - One in four patients surveyed lacked support
Avastin not much help with brain tumors either... Avastin fails studies in new brain tumor patients 2 June`13 New research raises fresh questions about which cancer patients benefit from Avastin, a drug that lost its approval for treating breast cancer nearly two years ago.
There may be a flaw in the statistics on the mortality rate. There are more women getting breast cancer these days, including some from populations long though at low risk, such as Asian women. Since it is the cancer most likely to strike a womann during her child-rearing years, yes, it needs to be addressed aggressively, certainly more so than prostate cancer. (Though the prostate cancer interest group makes a lot of noise, simply because the victims have the greater ecconomic power to do so.)
Vast majority don't fully understand terminal cancer prognosis... Only 5% of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Fully Understand Prognosis May 24, 2016 - Only a tiny fraction of those diagnosed with terminal cancer are fully aware of their prognosis, according to a new study.
