What do you think of the NHS denying Hifu to victims of prostate cancer?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht...





In the U.K., the NHS (National Health Services) has denied Hifu (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) to victims of prostate cancer.





The U-turn comes despite the research published last month in the European Journal of Urology which found that eight out of 10 men were healthy five years after being treated with Hifu.

What do you think of the NHS denying Hifu to victims of prostate cancer?
That seems like a scary and irrational way to save money. Sounds to me like if more men had that treatment to cure their cancer it would possibly save money on other therapies in the long run. Not to mention the benefits to quality of life.





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Reply:I'm sure the Ministers (both of them) for Women didn't bat an eyelid, but what did the Minister for Men say? Nothing, because there isn't one. The fact that way more funding goes to breast cancer than prostate cancer sort of undermines the idea that there is a shadowy patriarchy running the world. After all, you would think their ***** would be the first thing the patriarchs would protect.





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"A man diagnosed with prostate cancer has only one-quarter of the cash spent on research into his disease compared to the amount devoted to a woman’s breast cancer. The wide discrepancy shows the scale of the discrimination against men. The two diseases kill similar numbers" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,...





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A passing thought: but the fact that we have 2 Ministers for Women and 0 for men (and a female monarch) further undermines the idea that Britain is ruled by patriarchy.
Reply:But, offering Hifu requires funding and this means that the money would have to come from the breast cancer program.





That NHS spends 50x more on women is a sacred cow.
Reply:This seems pretty counterproductive not to mention mercenary. Everyone deserves quality health care and it's much easier to keep people healthy by screening for these things before they get out of hand than letting things slide by the wayside and then trying to get a person healthy once they're already ill.
Reply:That is terrible. It makes you wonder if the NHS is too broke to pay for it.





The saddest part is that they only want to allow it for men who are in latter stages of the cancer (who may be too weak to respond to it), and deny it to men who are in the early stages of the cancer (who have the greater chances of surviving the cancer).





One thing about America, if you have the money to pay for it, you can get any type of treatment you want.
Reply:The treatment is still under the testing phase and any side effects are truly not known at this time. This is what happens when you allow government and bureaucrats make health decisions. A bureaucrat can keep his job while people are dying, but if they allow a treatment that later has side effects, they will be fired.
Reply:All medical treatments are potentially good or potentially bad - they all have potential side effects... no one knows until the system has been tried %26amp; tested.





B/C has long received considerably superior support (financially and otherwise) than any other form of cancer. The government know full well they are killing men but turn a blind eye.





I'm disgusted.
Reply:It's terrible, in the same way that women are denied the breast cancer drug. It's murder to deny people these drugs to save money.
Reply:fortunately there are other prostate cancer treatments

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