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How to increase prostate cancer awareness & funding?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 10, 2025 | Replies (95)Comment receiving replies
@northoftheborder you have that correct. All cancer is concerning and is a huge life changer. I have been healthy all my life and very active. More or less a 'Gym Rat' . I would say that Prostate Cancer funding and equipment is behind the curve in Canada. For example, proton radiation machines. I don't even think we have one in British Columbia. It is standard base care in Europe and in the United States. Prostate cancer gets far less funding than many other types of cancers, but it kills a hell of a lot of people. With your stage four, and the various ADT's that are available, you are right, you will live a long, long, happy life. The body does not like ADT so much but maybe you can buffer it with estradiol and other things that may help you. God bless to you and your family in a long life.
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@vancouverislandhiker Prostate cancer is one of the big three in Canada for research funding, along with leukemia and breast cancer. These three together soak up about half the total research funding, and researchers for other cancers (like uterine or ovarian) are left with the crumbs. 😢
You're right that we don't have proton machines yet in Canada: they're huge investments, and require a 3-story high facility to hold them, while not actually improving overall survival.
They are useful for very precise treatment, e.g. brain tumours in children, where collateral damage could have a serious impact for the rest of their lives. Right now, Canadian provinces send kids across the border in those situations, but Ontario is planning to establish a proton treatment centre, and I think either Alberta or BC is as well.