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The Year In Cancer Awareness: Behind the Marketing of Disease

Breast cancer activists have succeeded in painting the world pink. Can prostate, ovarian, skin, and lung cancer activists replicate their success?

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Amanda Hess
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Oct 10, 2011

Breast cancer activists have succeeded in painting the world pink. Can prostate, ovarian, skin, and lung cancer activists replicate their success?

Read a deeper look at efforts to market prostate cancer awareness.

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