| The Prostate Cancer foundation in Canada was | | | | in 7 men will have prostate cancer in their |
| founded in 1994 by a prostate cancer patient | | | | lifetimes, but many of the public don't realise this. |
| called Ron Evason. In the past, prostate cancer | | | | The Prostate Cancer foundation in Canada also |
| did not get the media coverage, public awareness | | | | provides support and guidance to men who have |
| and research funding that it does now, so the | | | | prostate cancer. Many men who have the cancer |
| foundation was set up primarily to find high quality | | | | find that interacting with other people who have |
| prostate cancer research . The research funded | | | | had or still do have prostate cancer helps |
| aims to find out more about the causes of the | | | | emotionally. A message board is available at the |
| cancer, possible cures and how to prevent it in | | | | Canada foundation website where men can |
| the first place. | | | | discuss and give advice about the disease. |
| The foundation also aims to raise general | | | | The foundation relies on donations, so support |
| awareness of the cancer. Prostate cancer survival | | | | from people all across Canada and beyond is |
| rates have been steadily increasing for the past | | | | extremely important. The invested money goes |
| twenty years, but only recently has it come into | | | | towards to ultimate goal of finding a cure for |
| the public eye, partly due to organisations such as | | | | prostate cancer, as well as discovering what |
| the Canada foundation that try to raise | | | | causes it and preventing it in the future. |
| awareness of the disease. For example, around 1 | | | | |