Comments on: The Missie Campaign – Spreading Facts About Breast Cancer, Not Fear: A Guest Post by AmBam

By: ABE

ABE — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:23:41 +0000

An excellent post. I cringe every time someone — especially women I look up to — make a big deal about these ridiculous Facebook campaigns. Thank you for articulating this!

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Ranting on a pink soapbox. « Lauren from Texas — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:35:42 +0000

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By: Gator

Gator — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:16:22 +0000

Hey, y’all, the Army of Women is a research initiative that seeks to match volunteers with various breast cancer research projects. It’s open to everyone, and they’re particularly interested in isolating causes of breast cancer. There’s an emphasis on diversity (racial and otherwise) in research subjects. It’s a great opportunity to actually do something, rather than merely being “aware.” Info here: http://www.armyofwomen.org

By: jandore

jandore — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:09:31 +0000

I am wholly sympathetic to this campaign and commend the author on an eloquent and timely post.

However, the description of current scientific research does a disservice to the researchers, many of whom are genuinely uncovering lessons about both the fundamentals of cancer biology and possible treatments. For instance, the connection between night shifts and breast cancer risk seems to tie in with the hormonal regulation of circadian clocks, which may help develop a deeper understanding of cellular networks and their malfunctioning. It is certainly true that researchers have not yet made substantial progress towards “The Cure”, but that doesn’t mean current cancer research isn’t obtaining meaningful findings — it just means that there is still a lot of ground to be covered between the lab and the clinic.

I completely agree that presenting cancer research as a one-dimensional search for “The Cure” (as if there will ever be such a singular thing) is part of the problem. But this otherwise fantastic post should not be marred by criticism of scientific research which is genuinely meaningful.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:36:34 +0000

Thanks for this. My grandmother, Joyce, and I appreciate all you have already done.

I will be sharing this on Facebook.

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By: NefariousNewt

NefariousNewt — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:16:01 +0000

As I often opine, a lot more could be done about social ills and disease if, instead of holding rallies and printing T-shirts with slogans, the money were just spent doing things.

Thank you, PhDork, for posting this. I’ve already “liked” them on FB.