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Subject: [Leica] OT (very) The Great Prostate Debate: Does ScreeningSaveLives?: Scientific American And a bit more to think about
From: Barry98 at telus.net (Barry Hinderks)
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:41 -0800
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Aram, Sony and others,

I lost both parents, uncles and a close 
photographer friend to cancers. The comments from 
the medical practioners at the time were all 
related to how they were going to help a/o make 
life easier. None of them addressed the issues of 
misdiagnosis that each and every one of them had. 
My Dad was an airline tranport rated pilot and 
went in every 6 mos for a medical. No one caught 
it until the point where he actually lived for 60 
days past diagnosis. My Mother was treated for 2 
years for pneumonia, bronchitis etc before being 
diagnosed with breast cancer that had metasitized 
in the meantime - she lasted 60 days. On and on. 
My opinion of the medical profession when it 
comes to cancer is very poor. Budgets are another 
one that bother me. Here in Canada we raise 
billions every year and have done so very 
publicly since 1980 and yet we are no closer to 
diagnosing  cancer --- never mind curing it. 
After looking into things I find that the 
researchers each set up their own little 
feifdoms, fail to coordinate results but still claim they are 'underfunded'.

Sorry for the rant but these discussions just finally get to me....
BarryH


At 10:53 AM 09/02/2012, you wrote:
>On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Aram Langhans 
><leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: "At times she 
>would make comments akin to; we can land a man 
>on the moon but...." According to Steve Garber, 
>the NASA History website curator, the final cost 
>of project Apollo was between $20 and $25.4 
>billion in 1969 Dollars (or approximately $136 
>billion in 2007 Dollars). National Cancer 
>Institute???s budget for FY 2010 was $5.1* 
>billion, excluding the additional $1.3* billion 
>in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds 
>received by the Institute for spending in FY 
>2009 and FY 2010. Overall, NCI???s budget has 
>been relatively flat in recent years. During the 
>period from 2005 through 2010, the NCI budget 
>averaged $4.9* billion per year. Other budgets 
>on interest: Peace corps ----325 million a year 
>NASA -------------- 19 Billion a year 
>Afghanistan----- 170 Billion a year ---- Sorry 
>for my ranting.  I just thought it related to 
>the issue of prostrate cancer. It certainly is, 
>Aram. -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ 
>Natchitoches, Louisiana USA 
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