Quote Originally Posted by Blackmac79 View Post
I apologise if anyone took offense.

As I said. We have very good survival rates in Australia.

Early Checking is rarely accurate or effective, nor does it in anyway improve mortality rates for breast cancer (there have been several studies showing this, just look at adelaide where almost 20,000 women were diagnosed incorrectly or not at all).

I do appreciate the Mcgrath Foundation funding nurses. Too much money goes to finding a cure that won't ever exist (I get this idea from a lecture I listened to from the guy heading Cancer research in the United States who has a $5billion/year budget and he says we should focus funds on treatment not prevention/cure).

In the end if people want to shave their head to show solidarity I appreciate that, however funds can go to much better methods of supporting those with cancer than to the research field which just burns it like dried grass.

Again apologies to anyone taking any pain from my post. I don't mean it to be personal against anyone.
Rather ironic that in this day and age we can send man to the moon and have all this fancy gadgetry and billions of dollars is invested in researching disease and the last noteable disease that was cured was Polio in the 50's. Reason why there is little money in Cures but plenty of money to be made in mitigating conditions to keep you alive so you can keep coughing up for medications

I also think you meant to say we should focus funds on Prevention rather than what you have said to not focus on this area either that is an error or if you really believe we shouldn't focus on prevention you have some crazy ideas