It's the most publicized cancer and there's a whole self-sustaining industry around it that is more about branding and fundraising than any actual research. It's basically a service where people can pay you to feel good about themselves.
That said, it IS one of the cancers that you can catch early yourself and survivability is high if caught early. Breast, testicular, and skin do benefit from "awareness" in a way others do not. No one is noticing a stage 1 lump in their pancreas.
It's the most publicized cancer and there's a whole self-sustaining industry around it that is more about branding and fundraising than any actual research. It's basically a service where people can pay you to feel good about themselves.
That said, it IS one of the cancers that you can catch early yourself and survivability is high if caught early. Breast, testicular, and skin do benefit from "awareness" in a way others do not. No one is noticing a stage 1 lump in their pancreas.