http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/nhs-spend-on-testicular-and-prostate-cancer-compared-to-breast-and-cervical.html Health aware Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:33:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/nhs-spend-on-testicular-and-prostate-cancer-compared-to-breast-and-cervical.html/comment-page-1#comment-30479 Anonymous Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:39 +0000 http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/nhs-spend-on-testicular-and-prostate-cancer-compared-to-breast-and-cervical.html#comment-30479 This is a very interesting question, and when you get your answers would like it if you would post a comment on www.after-cancer.com Am writing this web site to help fellow breast cancer patients, as I have found many clinically trialled products that can help us deal with hormonal drug side effects, but doctors often don't have time to discuss these. When I was nicely taken to task by a male browser, who told me that men also suffer from side effects of hormonal drugs - dry skin, loss of sight, etc. So it now has a Men Only section! Verite R This is a very interesting question, and when you get your answers would like it if you would post a comment on http://www.after-cancer.com
Am writing this web site to help fellow breast cancer patients, as I have found many clinically trialled products that can help us deal with hormonal drug side effects, but doctors often don’t have time to discuss these.
When I was nicely taken to task by a male browser, who told me that men also suffer from side effects of hormonal drugs – dry skin, loss of sight, etc. So it now has a Men Only section!
Verite R

]]> http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/nhs-spend-on-testicular-and-prostate-cancer-compared-to-breast-and-cervical.html/comment-page-1#comment-30478 Lancs girl Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:26 +0000 http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/nhs-spend-on-testicular-and-prostate-cancer-compared-to-breast-and-cervical.html#comment-30478 You're right about NHS spend on cancer services - by far the single largest spend is on breast related tumors. However, that's not to say that other tumor sites are taken less seriously - the incidence of breast cancer is much higher than it is for testicular and prostate, and sadly, the prognosis for breast cancer if left untreated is far worse than for testicular or prostate. So it's not as simple as saying that they're taken less seriously as they're very different diseases. The other, less palatable consideration is that testicular and prostate cancers don't affect glamorous/famous women (Kylie, Linda McCartney) and to a large extent, prostate cancer is also a disease of old age - by the time men get to 90, over 90% of them will have prostate cancer but it might not be giving them any trouble at all. A lot of men die with it, but not of it. Again the same isn't true of breast cancer - unfortunately there are several strains of the disease where the outcomes are very poor indeed, even if caught early, and that is rarely the case with prostate and testicular. So in summary, on the whole there is a clear relationship to NHS spend vs morbidity and mortality in cancers - back to the QALY argument really (see NICE). You’re right about NHS spend on cancer services – by far the single largest spend is on breast related tumors. However, that’s not to say that other tumor sites are taken less seriously – the incidence of breast cancer is much higher than it is for testicular and prostate, and sadly, the prognosis for breast cancer if left untreated is far worse than for testicular or prostate. So it’s not as simple as saying that they’re taken less seriously as they’re very different diseases.
The other, less palatable consideration is that testicular and prostate cancers don’t affect glamorous/famous women (Kylie, Linda McCartney) and to a large extent, prostate cancer is also a disease of old age – by the time men get to 90, over 90% of them will have prostate cancer but it might not be giving them any trouble at all. A lot of men die with it, but not of it. Again the same isn’t true of breast cancer – unfortunately there are several strains of the disease where the outcomes are very poor indeed, even if caught early, and that is rarely the case with prostate and testicular.
So in summary, on the whole there is a clear relationship to NHS spend vs morbidity and mortality in cancers – back to the QALY argument really (see NICE).

]]> http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/nhs-spend-on-testicular-and-prostate-cancer-compared-to-breast-and-cervical.html/comment-page-1#comment-30477 blackroc Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:42:09 +0000 http://www.hianswers.com/cancers/nhs-spend-on-testicular-and-prostate-cancer-compared-to-breast-and-cervical.html#comment-30477 I think some of it is how much coverage they get. Breast cancer has a huge promotional effort behind it and is a big money make so they spend lots of money on research. I think some of it is how much coverage they get. Breast cancer has a huge promotional effort behind it and is a big money make so they spend lots of money on research.

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