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Why does prostate cancer only get 2-5% of funding breast cancer gets?
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@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 !
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@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.