Saw this in the men's room at my local pub.

soalone34 · 2016-03-20T05:35:55+00:00

Yet it has a fraction of the funding. Glad they're raising awareness.

PoopChuteFlute · 2016-03-20T07:58:37+00:00

Is this true? It's just that I've never heard that before. I thought prostate cancer was common, but not very likely to kill you. Can somebody provide a source for me?

lasarus29 · 2016-03-20T15:15:37+00:00

I still think "give prostate cancer the finger" would be a better campaign slogan.

Ceteris__Paribus · 2016-03-20T11:55:30+00:00

Prostate: http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html

Estimated New Cases in 2015 220,800

% of All New Cancer Cases 13.3%

Estimated Deaths in 2015 27,540

% of All Cancer Deaths 4.7%

Breast (Female only): http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html

Estimated New Cases in 2015 231,840

% of All New Cancer Cases 14.0%

Estimated Deaths in 2015 40,290

% of All Cancer Deaths 6.8%

Prostate: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/prostate-cancer/incidence#heading-Four http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/prostate-cancer/mortality#heading-Zero

New cases of prostate cancer, 2013, UK: 47,300

Deaths from prostate cancer in UK, 2012: 10,837

Breast: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer

New cases of invasive breast cancer, 2013, UK: 53,696

Deaths from breast cancer in UK, 2012: around 11,600 female, about 75 male

Trosso · 2016-03-20T12:21:49+00:00

its not a competition. Both causes are worthy.

admiralclammyquim · 2016-03-20T14:39:59+00:00

I read somewhere that, yes, more men are affected by prostate cancer, but less men actually die from it than women die from breast cancer. Can anyone provide a source of evidence to the contrary?

TheFlyingDharma · 2016-03-20T10:35:27+00:00

It's not a competition.

Pithong · 2016-03-20T13:14:35+00:00

I overheard a commercial on the radio about ovarian cancer here in Canada. The part that stuck out for me was when the woman said "Women have balls too" ... I honestly found the ad appalling and kind of insulting.

Cancers that affect woman already get a lot of attention which is a good thing but the ad just doesn't sit right with me. I don't think I've ever heard an ad about testicular cancer.

That needs to change.

roseffin · 2016-03-20T16:54:37+00:00

My quick Google says 26k deaths for prostate and 40k for breast cancer: http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-key-statistics

HURR_RICK_HEINZ · 2016-03-20T05:49:01+00:00

Almost every man in my family has had it. Get checked, even if it sucks.

StuWard · 2016-03-20T16:51:34+00:00

This got me looking and I found this: https://katatrepsis.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/incidence-over-age.jpg

It's not so much a gender issue as an age issue. When young people get cancer, it's considered a bigger deal than when old people get it.

That chart came from here: http://katatrepsis.com/2012/10/30/why-does-breast-cancer-research-receive-more-research-funding-than-prostate-cancer/

Notice that prostate cancer has had better results recently. It now kills less than breast cancer but that wasn't always the case. It's still mostly an old man problem.

2016-03-20T17:22:48+00:00

Actually, I'd support a brown ribbon for colon/rectal cancer. I know it's purely anecdotal, but I know more people who have died from colon cancer than from breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. And the fatalities here have included both men and women. Colon and rectal cancer tends to be really aggressive.

Pimping_NZ · 2016-03-20T20:14:28+00:00

This is an unpopular fact check but for women there are 246,660 cases a year and 40,450 are expected to pass from this. This leaves a mortality rate of around 16%. Prostate cancer has 180,890 new cases and 26,120 deaths a year. Leaving a mortality rate of around 14%. Either way it is bad but the rates are almost the same and they actually favor women

sakkara · 2016-03-20T23:17:56+00:00

This is dumb. Both are tragic illnesses. It's not a competition.

GoodRedd · 2016-03-20T12:00:02+00:00

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Lurker_IV · 2016-03-20T06:14:25+00:00

Can I get an age breakdown of when people die from these cancers? I'm curious.

theappendixofchrist2 · 2016-03-20T19:42:06+00:00

The men who die of prostate cancer die in their 70's to 90's, when something else was about to get them anyway.

Whereas breast cancer kill women in their 40's.

Prostate cancer is not a major health concern for men. Lets focus on a real threat, like heart disease. And in the US, guns.

Triangleface · 2016-03-20T13:29:37+00:00

It's in the women's toilets at my local shopping centre too

AllDesperadoStation · 2016-03-20T16:53:31+00:00

Those drawings are straight creepy

drumstyx · 2016-03-20T17:17:39+00:00

I very honestly did not know this. I'm astonished that there hasn't been a marketing campaign of the same scale as breast cancer awareness.

589547521563 · 2016-03-20T19:05:35+00:00

I really hate doctors. Is there any way to detect prostate cancer by myself? I don't want to stick anything in my ass, also.

Rethgil · 2016-03-20T21:17:39+00:00

Yet it has a fraction of media coverage. A fraction of politicians speaking about it, a fraction of attention in culture. A fraction of women who claim to stand for equality even admitting it. No feminists at all. And a fraction of the funding, as a wise poster pointed out.

Alkomb · 2016-03-20T22:50:54+00:00

That should have been posted to where everyone sees. (& watch some stupid feminist take it down.)

Awesome place! I'd tip them, just for that.

ElMorono · 2016-03-20T23:13:26+00:00

Wonder how long it will be up before someone complains about it.

2016-03-21T00:33:21+00:00

More men die of breast cancer than women die of prostate cancer.

THE_Black_Delegation · 2016-03-21T00:34:26+00:00

did not know that

TamidMT · 2016-03-21T01:46:38+00:00

I first saw this poster in a shopping centre toilet in mid February. Great to see.

PerroLabrador · 2016-03-21T02:26:15+00:00

Never knew the amount of that cancer was so drastic

Josh3781 · 2016-03-21T03:21:21+00:00

But it's not true. 2015: Prostate Cancer Deaths: 27,540 Breast Cancer Deaths: 40,290. Breast cancer survival rate on median 89.4% where as prostate cancer has a 98.9% survival rate. Breast cancer is a hell of a lot more aggressive than most prostate cancers. While I'm all for advocating for men to check themselves and have their prostate health looked into outright lying about shit doesn't solve anything.

Runningflame570 · 2016-03-21T04:20:50+00:00

This is one issue where I'm not really onboard with there being a gendered bias present.

Things I've read in the past have indicated that this is attributable to breast cancer affecting people when they're much younger and-at least historically-having a significantly lower five-year survival rate (so more lost YEARS of life). How would you address those points as they relate to lower funding for prostate cancer?

I'm open to having my mind changed.

dirtyapenz · 2016-03-20T11:55:25+00:00

More men die of prostate cancer than women.

questionnmark · 2016-03-20T07:46:17+00:00

Well only one affects people. /s

CaliBuddz · 2016-03-20T11:02:55+00:00

But titties!!!! Seriously tho. My dad had prostate cancer. Its a tragic thing. He lived, but it took a toll.

spoofy129 · 2016-03-20T06:23:01+00:00

And?

Title	Saw this in the men's room at my local pub.
Author	APleasantLumberjack
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Date	March 20, 2016 5:13 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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