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Pink66
11 years agoMember
Do We Need a Special Day for Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness? Thoughts from a turtle in a cape
Why do we need a special day for secondary breast cancer? Don't we have a whole month of 'pink'? Isn't that enough? Thoughts from a turtle in a cape..........
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traveltext
11 years agoMember
Thanks Sharon, your article is a very clear description of a place nobody living with breast cancer wants to go. I have a stage four friend and he's an inspiration in that he travels and generally gets on with life with hardly a complaint.
Pinkwashing in October is also holding back the diagnosis of males. More on that HERE.
Why not have the whole of October as a focus on secondary bc and have a day set aside for awareness? This way, the message would be stronger and funds raised spent on research for better treatment for those with advanced cancer.
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