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BC.... The " sexy " cancer
I feel the need to post after reading a letter to the editor of the Sunday telegraph today that has really upset me.
A very mixed up reader wrote " its up to funding bodies and the government to make ...
Dear oh dear! The industry I'm in we struggle to attract fundraising and grants as we're not sexy.
Sexy is a term that is used not in the context that is offensive or derogatory but that it is strong and powerful in attracting funding.
I figure some of you might want to disagree with me however I can't accept that the commentary was meant to be disparaging towards us, the sufferers of Breast cancer.
Lots of causes don't have the same profile as us.
http://www.cancervic.org.au/research/epidemiology/forgotten-cancers
Take care xx
Sexy is a term that is used not in the context that is offensive or derogatory but that it is strong and powerful in attracting funding.
I figure some of you might want to disagree with me however I can't accept that the commentary was meant to be disparaging towards us, the sufferers of Breast cancer.
Lots of causes don't have the same profile as us.
http://www.cancervic.org.au/research/epidemiology/forgotten-cancers
Take care xx