[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=njtosd][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=spdrun]Don’t men fear cancer just as much?[/quote]

Save the tatas not the testes[/quote]

I don’t quite know what scaredy’s response meant, but these statistics from the American Cancer Society suggest men have more to fear:

“Nearly half of all men and a little more than one-third of all women in the United States will have cancer during their lifetimes.”

http://m.cancer.org/treatment/understandingyourdiagnosis/afterdiagnosis/after-diagnosis-who-gets-cancer

Men are more likely to die of cancer as well.[/quote]

Lance Armstrong kind of ruined the face of testicular cancer.[/quote]

Lance is like the girls who got pregnant out of wedlock in the 50s. He’s vilified because he was unlucky enough to get caught. The belief that any major athlete doesn’t use performance enhancing drugs while continuing to beat those who do is sort of Pollyana-ish.

Regarding cancer generally, “checkpoint inhibitors” may really turn around survival rates. They are getting a lot of attention in bio-techie circles:

What is a Checkpoint Inhibitor? Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Definition