Hey, you! Petition for more funds for prostate cancer research, please.
Cancer Information Blog wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
From: “Rick Ward” ricklward@earthlink.net
On 4/17/08 Darryl Mitteldorf of Malecare posted seeking leaders in each state to prosecute the petition seeking equity with breast cancer in research funding for prostate cancer. The petition was put in place for signing somewhere about 3/17/08 at www.prostatecancerpetition.org.
At 4/17/08 there were 2320 signatures recorded.
As I write this on 5/6/08 @ 2:30 PM CDT, there are 2736 signatures.
516 signatures in 20 days.
If people supporting new treatments, like Provenge, won’t sign the petition, who will?
When the National Breast Cancer Coalition circulated a petition demanding research money in 1992 they got 2.6 million — **2.6** MILLION — signatures.
I’m so sick of hearing the whine that PCa doesn’t get enough money for research! We get EXACTLY what we deserve.
Darryl’s goal is 100,000 signatures. At the present rate that will never happen. But more significantly, 100,000 signatures doesn’t make any impression on Washington. Not compared to 2.6 million.
So, here’s what […]
Read the rest of this great post here