Prostate cancer survival rate is at 96%. Pancreatic cancer is at 6%. Why is movember more popular than pancreatic cancer awareness month?
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Chuck Wilson Retweeted
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Replying to @squarebracket
@BastienLaurent@squarebracket I think the idea is prostate cancer is highly treatable is caught early so awareness/diagnostic is important.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @ALL_CAPS
@ALL_CAPS@squarebracket not necessarily true. It's still very responsive to chemo, even in the late stages.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BastienLaurent
@BastienLaurent@squarebracket Really? I was under the impression that most pancreatic cancer was aggressive and had high 12 month mortality1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ALL_CAPS
@ALL_CAPS@squarebracket they are. i was talking about prostate cancer. sorry if i was unclear.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @BastienLaurent
@BastienLaurent@squarebracket Movember's $30M is a drop in that ocean but highly effective against Prostate cancers. One battle won.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ALL_CAPS
@ALL_CAPS@squarebracket Where did you get that number? The awareness it generates is invaluable and would be a great help to pan cancer1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BastienLaurent
@BastienLaurent@squarebracket I think the total global Movember fundraising was $30M last year.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@ALL_CAPS @squarebracket that's a lot. pancreatic cancer doesn't get a lot of money. it's not even listed on the national cancer center site
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