Prostate cancer kills as many men as breast cancer kills women, but research into it has been poorly funded for most of the past 40 years. There’s a severe shortage of specialist NHS prostate cancer nurses, and prostate cancer patients endure long waiting times, a lack of access to drugs, pain medication, and trials. In our election manifesto (pp 61-65) we made proposals on the subject.
Our thanks to Tim for pointing us to this. Please contact Prostate Cancer UK if:
1. You were denied a treatment for prostate cancer because it either a) wasn’t available on the NHS or b) it was judged to be too costly; or
2. You live in Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales and have been denied treatments that were available in England.
The lack of funding for male problems proves yet again that society as a whole views men as disposable. Nevertheless, and if you think about it, why would society think any differently when men themselves could not be bothered enough to get their collective ass of the couch and take back their rights by women who want to rule the world??
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My understanding was that as many men get prostate cancer as women get breast cancer, but more men die as a result.
It’s possible that I was wrong about this however – anyone like to comment?
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