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Why does prostate cancer only get 2-5% of funding breast cancer gets?
Brothers..... Lets face it , both breast cancer and prostate cancer are hideous diseases. And no, I repeat no, prostate cancer is not an old man's disease the same holds true for breast cancer. My question to the forum readers is in North America prostate cancer kills more men than breast cancer kills people in North America. Why does it only get 2-5% of the funding . I am bombarded every night on TV or radio about ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and other women's cancers and I have never seen a prostate cancer commercial. This is ridiculous. Sociologically one can conclude that prostate cancer is massively underfunded and that men in North America are generally unappreciated. This has to stop. Talk to your politicians and anybody that will listen. Force their hand for "AT LEAST PARITY ! " ENOUGH !, with this bias ! God Bless ! James on Vancouver Island .
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@slick64 Well, that's right. We all suck. Girl Power!
Seriously... it is strange, though.
September came & went. Nothing about Blue September (do you have that?)
I was waiting for someone in HR to ask if I wanted to tell "my story" on the Intranet, to raise awareness among the staff.
Crickets.
And Brandon sure has been quiet about his. And King Charles, for that matter.
We're supposed to suffer in silence.
No wonder we all vent here.
I bet we get pink cupcakes whenever Breast Cancer month is, though.
Booooo (now gimme a cake)
@colleenyoung
Thank you Colleen. I’ve learned a valuable lesson from this.
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1 ReactionAfter my last radiation I snaked out the back. I did not want to ring any bell.
@gently lol Fair enough.
Do they not have Movember in other countries? It's a huge deal here in Canada. They talk about prostate cancer all month on TV and radio, and men grow mustaches to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer research.
@northoftheborder
Dr Google says.....
"Blue September" and "Movember" are two separate but related men's health awareness initiatives.
Blue September, primarily observed in New Zealand, focuses specifically on prostate cancer awareness during the month of September.
Movember is a broader, global movement that takes place throughout November, using moustache-growing (and other activities) to raise funds and awareness for men's health issues including prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health and suicide prevention.
They get ignored equally.
@dpayton - here is a excellent 2 min video that sort of speaks to our conversation . I think people should absorb the points in the video. About a year and a half ago I was on the border of Hungary and Ukraine. That was a wake up call ! I witnessed what boys/men go through and it was not pretty. Life is all about learning and adapting . I try and learn each day
!https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xWVCZaVBVsU
@northoftheborder Good question for sure . I have seen fund raising in the USA and Europe for like event . Last year Movenber raised : Movember Canada prostate-specific grants: ~$1.6M, and ride for dad 2.5 million . Contrast that with , CIBC Run for the Cure (CCS event): $15M
- Breast Cancer Canada donations/special events: $10.2M, so 25.2 M compared with about 4.1 raised . Yet mortality is the same or higher with Prostate Cancer . Perplexing , but thats where we are at for 'events' .Breast cancer totals are boosted by consistent high-visibility events; the Run for the Cure alone accounts for ~24% of the decade's total. As men , we have a lot to do to bring in more awareness and money !
Slick , I agree with you but one item . Men being the reason for all the worlds Ill's ? No, I dont agree with that . Men in power position have done great harm, but so have women . No one has exclusivity on evil.
@vancouverislandhiker From what I can find, Movember Canada raised $22.5M in donations in 2024, plus $3M investment income on existing funds. The problem you're pointing to really doesn't exist: prostate cancer research is *very* well funded in Canada, relatively speaking. As I mentioned, it's one of the top 3 cancer-research funding recipients in Canada, along with breast cancer (which affects both women and men) and leukemia (ditto). Prostate cancer research is far better funded than research into ovarian or uterine cancer (which affect only women).
I just don't get where this "men as victims" narrative is coming from. There's no good cancer, of course, but we prostate cancer patients are among the best supported, both in medical research and in front-line healthcare.
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