Breast Cancer Success - Political Forum

CHUQ · #1 (**permalink**) 10-26-2006, 06:02 AM

Just a piece to show there is some success in the treatment of breast cancer.

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-...610260127.html

CHUQ · #2 (**permalink**) 10-28-2006, 06:15 AM

How sad! A disease that destroys women and their lives and no one will comment.

Izzibeth · #3 (**permalink**) 10-30-2006, 08:44 AM

this is a forum of mainly men. (am i the only female...?) and i won't comment on the types i have seenso far. :P kidding! or am i?.... dun dun dun!!

so it is not surprising to me that no one really comments on this. it's not really something that many men can relate to. however, my grandmother died from breast cancer 21 years ago. she was in her early 50s. i have not gotten a mammogram myself (i am only 22 and they don't usually suggest it for a bit) but i'm sure that when i hit 30 i'll go ahead and get one done. it's not the most pleasant of experiences i've heard so... i'm sure many women put it off as long as possible.

anyway, it is great that there have been successes in finding/preventing this. it obviously runs in my family so i hope that this continues to be something researched and understood.

CHUQ · #4 (**permalink**) 10-30-2006, 11:44 AM

That seems to be the biggest prob is that women do postpone it until sometimes it is too late. As a man I guess I can not relate unless finding a lump in the scrotum and then it would be time to panic.

I try to find news stuff that I think might get a response or some good exchanges.

Izzibeth · #5 (**permalink**) 10-30-2006, 01:15 PM

the article is a good sign.

as a woman, i can tell you that pretty much every single trip to the doctor's is a pretty crappy experience. that is why we ladies try to postpone as long as possible. especially mammograms (again.. i have never had one but i have also NEVER heard a woman say "oh, it wasn't that bad."). if they could find a less .... uncomfortable and downright painful way of taking x-rays of the area i'm sure more women would go. but they haven't yet so we.... eventually talk ourselves into going. ^_^

CHUQ · #6 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 05:29 AM

I will continue to post articles on the subject for I think it is worthy of sharing. I have been trying to find research stuff that might be applicable.

CHUQ · #7 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 05:41 AM

This was interesting to me, maybe you will like it.

Scoop: Aussies rescue Kiwi breast cancer patients

Otter · #8 (**permalink**) 11-01-2006, 05:05 PM

Of course it is more sucessful to treat when detected early, which is what this is about. This is true for most cancers. One of teh labs here is working on developing a blood test for cancer- that would maybe even be able to tell the type of cancer.
As an aside- cats get pretty much the identical type of breast cancer that women do. I look at too much malignant neoplasia every day- just saw a chondrosarcome (malignant tumor of cartilage) in a dogs mouth, which was neat, because it is an unusual tumor in an unusual site, but sad. I'd rather have described a common, boring old benign gingival hyperplasia. It does not seem right to me that we can do all kinds of crazy technological stuff, but many types of cancer still have the same dismal survival rates they've had for the last 40 years.

CHUQ · #9 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 04:51 AM

To me it seems that too much money is involved, say if I find a good detection or a cure then I am out a job until I find another disease to work on. This is cold I know and I pray I am wrong.

superbug · #10 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 07:01 AM

You are still going to have to refine it. So your not out of a job. You'll have marketing, and sells. You'll also have to train people in the use of your procedure. So there is still quite a bit of money in it.