if it makes you feel better, movember is a bit shit too, it promotes overtesting in younger people that does more harm than good and its all wrapped up in some very unpleasant "manliness" shit to boot
edit: plus like the vast majority of cancer charities i guarantee that only the merest fraction of the money raised will ever get as far as funding actual research
I guess I liked the vague outline of doing breast cancer awareness for prostate cancer, since regular screenings is basically the number one treatment. For overtesting, I remember my friend saying it was irresponsible of me not to ask my doctor to get tested when we were like 21, but the recommended age is like 40-50.
breast cancer awareness campaigns also have ALL sorts of problems but yeah agreed about the importance of screening. for prostate cancer, psa is a really imprecise marker and doing screening early more often leads to overtreatment which can be really harmful, without actually doing anything for the rate of prostate cancer death (which is also overwhelmingly in older people).
It had more staying power than Movember, which literally raised money for prostate cancer research and awareness =/
if it makes you feel better, movember is a bit shit too, it promotes overtesting in younger people that does more harm than good and its all wrapped up in some very unpleasant "manliness" shit to boot
edit: plus like the vast majority of cancer charities i guarantee that only the merest fraction of the money raised will ever get as far as funding actual research
I guess I liked the vague outline of doing breast cancer awareness for prostate cancer, since regular screenings is basically the number one treatment. For overtesting, I remember my friend saying it was irresponsible of me not to ask my doctor to get tested when we were like 21, but the recommended age is like 40-50.
breast cancer awareness campaigns also have ALL sorts of problems but yeah agreed about the importance of screening. for prostate cancer, psa is a really imprecise marker and doing screening early more often leads to overtreatment which can be really harmful, without actually doing anything for the rate of prostate cancer death (which is also overwhelmingly in older people).