September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2013-08-16 01:24

September's just two weeks away, and it's Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, at least here in the US. The ACS's page on it is here. Will employers put up signs in lobbies and hallways like they do for Breast Cancer Awareness Month/Week/etc.? Excerpt:

'There is no better time than September, during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, for men to talk with their health care providers about this disease so that they can make informed decisions about maintaining their prostate health. Although prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men, when detected early it also boasts some of the highest survival rates.

This year approximately 217,730 men will learn they have prostate cancer and more than 32,050 men will die from the disease. African-American men are disproportionately affected by prostate cancer, having higher rates of prostate cancer diagnosis and death than men of all other racial or ethnic groups in the United States. Almost one third of prostate cancer cases are found in men during their prime years at work.

Today, 1 man in 6 will get prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only 1 man in 34 will die of this disease. More than 2 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today. When detected during these earliest stages the 5-year survival rate is close to 100%.'

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" Will employers put up signs in lobbies and hallways like they do for Breast Cancer Awareness Month/Week/etc.?"

I can only speak for myself, but my employer will have no such awareness campaign. Last year, at about this time, they published an employee "wellness" letter, in which they mentioned several breast cancer awareness and fundraising events.

I asked why, given that we were coming up PCAM, they didn't have anything to say about this disease? They told me that it was the awareness month for many diseases, and they couldn't mention them all. That they didn't mention any of them, and instead focused on breast cancer yet again, didn't seem to matter.

Naturally, they DID make sure that we new when BCAM came around.

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Submitted by StayingFit on Fri, 2013-08-16 21:09