Jack Layton diagnosed with prostate cancer

by Charlie Smith on Feb 5, 2010 at 11:26 am
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Jack Layton says he will remain NDP leader despite being diagnosed with prostate cancer late last year.

Layton made the announcement at a Toronto news conference.

According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation B.C., it's the second leading cause of cancer deaths for men, with a fatality rate of 25 percent. The best way to prevent it is through early detection.

Layton says he will fight the disease, which also afflicted his father Robert, a former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister.

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glen p robbins
Feb 6, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Jack is a good decent fellow--all the best with this. Prostrate cancer checks are something the BC Liberal government decided citizens ought to pay for. Naturally, the fee only increases the pool of people who procrastinate, and thus the number who die needlessly.

I was in Eagle Ridge Hospital this summer ---getting my gall bladder out/ One of the people in my room was a prostrate cancer patient who was going to die of it. We talked a few times about it-. The gentleman afflicted was telling me his doctor said he might have a year and a half to live.

He told me he was hoping it might be longer.
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My Tax dollars
Feb 6, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I want to see my tax dollars go towards helping Jack. Breast cancer research and treatment is publicly funded while prostrate cancer is not.

This is gender discrimination to the extreme, and I want to see Jack helped.
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Karma
Feb 7, 2010 at 9:31 am
I wish Jack good health, and am also hoping he now realizes his mistake in bowing down to the feminist lobby:

Female Breast Cancer: funded
Male Prostate Cancer: Not funded
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whiteknight
Mar 13, 2010 at 4:56 am
they should cut breat cancer funding. that way its equal and i get to keep more money in my pocket
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