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Cancer Research UK and me Just to let you know I have another story on the Cancer Research UK website. Here is the link if you want to view - but its very much like the one on here, only edited.
www.cancerresearchuk.org/breastcancer/reallifestories/davidsstory
Just continuing spreading the word as far as possible.
David W
Complaint to Cancer Research UK Hi David
I\'ve written, yet again, to Cancer Research UK to get them to change theor terminology as follows. I\'m afraid I\'ve done this so often that they don\'t even respond to me now.
You may think that this is a small thing but check out their BC site and look at the list of \"types\" of breast cancer.
\"I would like to complain about the use of the term \"male\" breast cancer. I note from your information pages that \"male\" breast cancer is a \"type\" of breast cancer. This is completely wrong.
There are many types of breast cancer but \"male\" breast cancer is not one.
I have Infiltrating Ductal Carcimona of the breast, the most common type of breast cancer.
Your insistence on using the term \"male\" breast cancer is wrong and you need to change. You are not helping the constituency that you purport to by using this term. I\'m really not fussed about any arguments that you have. If you say the term is \"entrenched\" then take a gamble and change it. I note also in your information pages that women who get breast cancer can access pages called \"Breast Cancer\" and yet men who have breast cancer have to click on \"Male\" breast cancer. I think that\'s appalling. I may be less concerned about the use of the term if you used the term \"female\" breast cancer to describe women with breast cancer. But taht is not the norm.
Men and women have many common parts - breasts being one of them, albeit men\'s are rudimentray affairs.
The terms \"Female\" liver cancer and \"Male\" throat cancer are never used, so why use \"MalE\" breast cancer. I just can\'t understand your position.
Please let me know what you think.
regards
Bill\"
Female breast cancer Bill, when you mentioned female breast cancer, it occurred to me that if that term was used, every time breast cancer in women was mentioned, it would be a very good way of making the public aware that men have breast cancer too.
Mentioning the word \"female\" would show that there is a \"male\" too.
Reminds me of the time when we used to call policewomen WPC\'s while calling the men just PC\'s. There were complaints that putting a W in front of constable was discriminating.
Bill said:
The terms \"Female\" liver cancer and \"Male\" throat cancer are never used, so why use \"MalE\" breast cancer. I just can\'t understand your position.
Please let me know what you think.
Daphne has made a very interesting post about male breast cancer, Bill. You may like to read it.
http://80.175.42.169/content.php?page_id=1940&forum_cmd=3&forum_id=22&topic=4858