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Having read your report titled "The Sounds of Silence" about prostate cancer vs. breast cancer, I can no longer remain silent on this issue. Those words are exactly my sentiments.
I am a three-year prostate cancer survivor. I had yearly screening with PSA and DRE for 10 years before my prostate cancer was discovered. However, it was too late. The cancer was advanced and had spread extensively outside the prosta...
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I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December of 2004. I was 46 at the time. After my diagnosis I talked openly about my prostate cancer. I found that guys just didn't seem to feel comfortable talking about prostates and testing. I worked as a FireFighter for just over 20 years and had always noticed that fact at work. Because of that, and the fact that prostate cancer seems to be more prevalent amongst FireFighte...
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While I recognize that breast cancer has an earlier average age of onset than does prostate cancer, it would seem unfair if women's higher life expectancy were to be taken into consideration when calculating potential years of life lost (pyll). Should men be penalized, or prostate cancer be regarded as less devastating than breast cancer, because men as a group are already penalized by shorter average life expectancy tha...
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Let's talk about prostate and breast cancer:great. But let's talk longer and louder about osteoporosis, the complications of which kill more Canadian men than prostate cancer and more Canadian women than breast, uterine and ovarian cancers combined. Patients with these complications (notably fractures) also tie up operating rooms, lengthen wait times for elective orthopedic procedures, occupy acute care beds waiting f...
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Thank you for your letter. There are potentially many factors contributing to the difference in impact between breast cancer and prostate cancer. I agree that potential years of life lost (PYLL) can be a major factor in this difference, reflecting the later average age at initial diagnosis in prostate cancer and the aggressivity of breast cancer that can occur particularly in younger women.
The PYLL for female b...
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I appreciate your comparison and contrast of the impact of breast and prostate cancers. Perhaps potential years of life lost for each would be helpful numbers to add to this discussion.
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