What makes breast cancer...

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Just for the record, here are some stats on cancer.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/commoncancers

[table]Cancer Type|Estimated New Cases|Pct New Cases|Estimated Deaths|Pct Deaths
Bladder|70,530|5.8%|14,680|3.6%
Breast (Female)|207,090|17.0%|39,840|9.9%
Breast (Male)|1,970|0.2%|390|0.1%
Colon and Rectal (Combined)|142,570|11.7%|51,370|12.7%
Endometrial|43,470|3.6%|7,950|2.0%
Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer|49,504|4.1%|11,084|2.7%
Leukemia|43,050|3.5%|21,840|5.4%
Lung (Including Bronchus)|222,520|18.2%|157,300|38.9%
Melanoma|68,130|5.6%|8,700|2.2%
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma|65,540|5.4%|20,210|5.0%
Pancreatic|43,140|3.5%|36,800|9.1%
Prostate|217,730|17.8%|32,050|7.9%
Thyroid|44,670|3.7%|1,690|0.4%[/table]

This is the important set of statistics, I was looking an the cancer.gov website for similar. What I was also looking for is the corresponding funding rates. Breast cancer is No 1 by far and they have a great marketing machine. That's what keeps them no 1.

But the reality is when it comes to lives saved per dollar there are better cancer choices than breast cancer. If you have a personal reason to donate that's fine. Me personally it's unlikely that I would ever donate to breast cancer. Not because it's not a bad cancer and not because it's not a good cause. But the numbers simply say there are more lethal cancers that are underfunded. If you want to make a difference, those are the organizations that you should consider. Still with any donation, ALWAYS always check and see how much money they actually give to the cause they support. Most of the big breast cancer groups are pretty good.