Comments on: Cancer researcher and advocate Dr. Susan Love, now after her own cancer treatment http://boingboing.net/2013/02/18/cancer-researcher-and-advocate.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 06:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dioptase http://boingboing.net/2013/02/18/cancer-researcher-and-advocate.html#comment-1659329 dioptase Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213881#comment-1659329 Dr Susan Love's Breast Book was assigned reading where I worked.  We did research and it was an excellent primer for engineers.  Of course the title made you double take.  But it teaches a lot in an easily digestible manner. What impressed me the most was the theme of "Don't Panic."  In fact, I've come to understand the the breast cancer awareness campaigns have done a serious dis-service to women.  Women now disproportionately fear their bodies in comparison to the actual risks.  Breast cancer is serious, but 90+% curable. It is less dangerous than other health risks and other common cancers. Dr Susan Love’s Breast Book was assigned reading where I worked.  We did research and it was an excellent primer for engineers.  Of course the title made you double take.  But it teaches a lot in an easily digestible manner.

What impressed me the most was the theme of “Don’t Panic.”  In fact, I’ve come to understand the the breast cancer awareness campaigns have done a serious dis-service to women.  Women now disproportionately fear their bodies in comparison to the actual risks.  Breast cancer is serious, but 90+% curable. It is less dangerous than other health risks and other common cancers.

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