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The ways others react to news of your prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 22 4:13pm | Replies (45)

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I get this too . Some say "people never die from this one, if its caught early - YOUR LUCKY ! " . When I say " did you know more men die of prostate cancer then people die of Breast cancer but Prostate Cancer only gets about 2% of the funding " , their jaw hits the floor . They have no clue , but are generally well meaning. People these days have no clue about civics, current events, and Medical Corporations. No interest and no exposure to real information . Just got back from Bratislava, Athens, Cyprus and Budapest for 2 weeks of meetings ( then the train to Ukraine boarder) . they are much more informed there on the travesty of war , current events, and medical corporations . Amazing ! They know about Cancer, treatments and costs than we do here. Went to a dentist in Hungary . Very clean, excellent work , and friendly . Excellent job at 40% of the costs in Canada . My dentist in Canada said " best work I have ever seen on a simple crown replacement. " . The landscape for cancer treatments is changing so quick . Ever 3-5 years now its a new landscape ! God bless to all that read this , find your happiness and charity to others each day ! James on Vancouver Island . Canada .

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For cancer specifically (not dentistry 🙂) it seems to make a huge difference where you go in Canada. Big, multidisciplinary cancer centres associated with universities seem to be up on the latest treatments and best practices (that's been my experience); an individual urologist or radiation oncologist in a local hospital *might* be keeping up with the research, but from people's stories, it seems to be hit or miss.

We're hearing the same thing from our American neighbours here in the forum: they sometimes get a very different standard of care from a "Center of Excellence" than they do at their local hospitals.