David Jay, the fashion photographer who also does social awareness work, was recently interviewed about the SCAR Project. He describes how he became involved because of the diagnosis of a friend with breast cancer and […]
In a recent post, where I analyzed the relative underfunding of male breast cancer research, the issue of whether incidence and funding should be related came up. So I decided to take a look and […]
An exciting moment that has come much sooner than I thought – the launch of The SCAR Project: Male Breast Cancer by David Jay. David photographed Bill Becker last week. Bill has been raising awareness […]
While there is nothing that forces a strict proportionality between cancer incidence and cancer research funding, there is something to be said for making sure that rare cancers are not left behind. Breast cancer in […]
One of questions that arose from the visualizations I published here a couple of days ago, was what proportion of grants go to metastatic breast cancer? So I went back to SciVal Funding, and repeated […]
In a brief article from the Khaleej Times, an English language paper from Dubai, it is reported that the Pink Caravan, the breast cancer awareness initiative by the Friends of Cancer Patients charitable organization, screened […]
The US, thanks to a (still relatively) healthy economy, high level of education, entrepreneurial spirit, willingness to invest public dollars (though this is decreasing alarmingly) and open attitude to bringing the smartest people in the […]
In a must-read article about the state of breast cancer awareness, medicine and research Peggy Orenstein exposes some of the harsh realities that are often left out of the pink conversation (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/our-feel-good-war-on-breast-cancer.html) Primarily focusing on […]
I wrote a couple of weeks ago (day 191) about the rather surprising change in my body, post-surgery: the abrupt loss of the ability to feel touch, while still feeling pressure, around the scar area […]
I’ve been chewing on this for a few days before getting to a point where I can write about it, but soon after the operation my surgeon shared the path report with me, and it […]
Entering a World of Pink 