Miss D.C. to have breasts removed after Miss America pageant.

[Razgovory]

Don't trust him Otto, he's a doctor.  You can't trust them.

[sbr]

Don't trust him Otto, he's a doctor.  You can't trust them.

No kidding, he probably studied science or some stupid shit.

[Eddie Teach]

Don't trust him Otto, he's a doctor.  You can't trust them.

He's also a notorious troll.

[Razgovory]

Don't trust him Otto, he's a doctor.  You can't trust them.

No kidding, he probably studied science or some stupid shit.

He probably has a belt with a dozen disembodied breasts hanging from it.

[Martinus]

Don't trust him Otto, he's a doctor.  You can't trust them.

If you judge by a tv series I am watching, American psychiatry is in a horrible state and all doctors are psychotic murderers. The Guardian should publish a story about it.

[crazy canuck]

Incredibly brave and intelligent of her.

Incredible publicity stunt.  If was really choosing health over beauty  as she claims they would already be off.

[Razgovory]

Incredibly brave and intelligent of her.

Incredible publicity stunt.  If was really choosing health over beauty  as she claims they would already be off.

And on some doctor's belt.

[Fate]

I'd need real numbers though. On the "not all women are screened" that's moot here as she obviously would be someone getting more-than-regular screenings.

Of people who have breast cancer caught early, what percentage come out of it fine? Of people who have the genetic issue she has, what percentage get breast cancer at all?

I could remove my testicles and prostate to pre-emptively protect myself from cancer of either organ, but there are literally hundreds of things I could do that might prevent certain cancers but given the relatively low risk would not be justified. Maybe this is (I'm open to the idea), but I'd need actual statistics here to say.

If you had cryptorchidism we'd prophylactically remove your testicles given how likely it is for cancer to occur in such a person. I've never heard of a familial testicular cancer syndrome. The rate of testicular cancer is no where near the rate of breast cancer. Women with BRCA have a 65% chance of getting breast cancer. You have a 0.4% chance of getting testicular cancer. It would unreasonable for a urologist to prophylactically remove your testicles unless you had a significant risk factor in your history.

The data you're wanting probably doesn't exist for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome because it's such a rare disease.

[Neil]

That's not brave or intelligent.  Without them, she has nothing to offer anyone.

[CountDeMoney]

The rate of testicular cancer is no where near the rate of breast cancer.

What are the stats on the mortality rates, though?

[Cecil]

The rate of testicular cancer is no where near the rate of breast cancer.

What are the stats on the mortality rates, though?

But prostate cancer is twice the killer that breast cancer is. Well at least over here. 

[CountDeMoney]

But prostate cancer is twice the killer that breast cancer is. Well at least over here.

I bet breast cancer gets more funding than prostate cancer, too.

[Cecil]

But prostate cancer is twice the killer that breast cancer is. Well at least over here.

I bet breast cancer gets more funding than prostate cancer, too.

Can only speak for my part of the world but IIRC the rate here was 8 to 1 in favour of breast cancer research. Also a lot more is spent screening women than they do men so I guess that could be an explanation why the high death toll among men afflicted by prostate cancer.

[Neil]

But prostate cancer is twice the killer that breast cancer is. Well at least over here.

I bet breast cancer gets more funding than prostate cancer, too.

Every time some bitch mouths off about how if men had to have children, abortions would be hassle-free and birth control would be free and all that shit, I mention the disparity in research funding for women cancers vs. men cancers, and watch them whine and cry about historical injustice.

[Fate]

The rate of testicular cancer is no where near the rate of breast cancer.

What are the stats on the mortality rates, though?

5 year mortality rates:

Pancreatic cancer - 97%
Liver cancer - 95%
Esophageal cancer - 92%
Lung cancer - 87%
Stomach cancer - 83%
Brain cancer - 75%
Ovarian cancer - 61%
Oral cancer - 49%
Kidney cancer - 47%
Rectal cancer - 46%
Colon cancer - 43%
Laryngeal cancer - 34%
Cervical cancer - 34%
Prostate cancer - 26%
Breast cancer - 23%
Bladder cancer - 22%
Skin cancer - 19%
Uterine cancer - 17%
Thyroid cancer - 6%
Testicular cancer - 3%