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FACTS ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER
RESEARCH AND FUNDING
SOURCE: National Prostate Cancer Coalition
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Prostate cancer accounts for approximately 15 percent of all cancer cases
in the United States and 15 percent of male cancer deaths. Yet, on
average, only about 5 percent of federal cancer research dollars have been
devoted to beat the disease.
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AIDS research receives approximately $1.7 billion in federal dollars.
Breast cancer research will receive nearly $700 million next year.
Compare that to $335 million for prostate cancer research.
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The United States invests approximately $4,000 to find a cure for each
life lost to prostate cancer; more than $14,000 for each life lost
to breast cancer, and about $100,000 for each life lost to AIDS.
It’s not that research for other diseases receives too much funding.
Prostate cancer received too little.
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Overall, the total cost of treating prostate cancer in the U.S. amounts
to several billion dollars per year. Since most men diagnosed with
the disease are over age 65 years of age, most of the cost is paid for
through Medicare.
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Since its inception in 1996, the National Prostate Cancer Coalition
(NPCC) has, through its activist participation, infused more than $500
million in new federal dollars into prostate cancer research laboratories
and clinics around the country.
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ProstateAction.com is NOT a medical
website. It was developed to provide what we hope
will be useful information for men who have been diagnosed
with prostate disease…and their family members. We do NOT
have doctors to answer your questions, we do NOT make
medical referrals or offer second opinions, and we will
not reply to questions about any specific case. Instead, we
hope that you will use our LINKS section to locate other sites
of interest; utilize our message boards to discover prostate
cancer screenings and related events; and to use the Forum
area to “discuss” prostate cancer issues with others who share
your interests and concerns. We reserve the right to delete
any objectionable postings.
The
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provider.
It is our objective to promote an exchange of information
about prostate health. We do not endorse or recommend specific
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