
法国患者越来越抵触“粉红十月”年度乳腺癌宣传活动的“浮华”。她们表示,庆祝活动和化妆品联名营销与治疗现实严重脱节,并成为政治不作为以及环境和职业致癌物暴露危险的遮羞布。
Patients in France are increasingly rejecting the "glitter" of the annual breast cancer awareness campaign of Pink October. They say celebrations and cosmetic tie-ins can feel far removed from the reality of treatment and act as a smokescreen for political inaction and the dangers of environmental and workplace exposure to carcinogens.
每年十月,粉红丝带重新出现在翻领和商店里,纪念碑也被粉红色装点,以此鼓励乳腺癌筛查并为研究筹集资金。
Every October, pink ribbons return to lapels and shops and monuments are decked out in the colour, as encourages screening for breast cancer and raises money for research.
据法国公共卫生机构“法国公共卫生署”数据显示,乳腺癌是法国女性癌症死亡的首要原因,也是确诊病例最多的癌症。
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in France, according to figures from Santé Publique France, the country's public health body.
法国国家癌症研究所记录显示,2023年法国有12,765例乳腺癌死亡病例和61,214例新增确诊病例。
The French National Cancer Institute recorded 12,765 breast cancer deaths and 61,214 new cases in 2023.
“对我和许多患者来说,[十月]其实是一个很难熬的月份,”38岁的莱奈格对法广(RFI)表示。
“For me, as for many patients, [October] is actually quite a hard month to get through,” Lénaïg, 38, told RFI.
她于2021年首次被诊断出乳腺癌,几个月前她的母亲刚因该病去世。去年癌症复发后,她目前正在接受治疗。
She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, a few months after her mother died of the disease. She is currently in treatment again, after her cancer came back last year.
法国日常食物镉暴露显著上升 丝带背后的现实 莱奈格表示,她最介意“粉红十月”的地方在于活动与患者现实之间的落差。她解释说,艾菲尔铁塔下的“开幕大型音乐秀”、灯光秀和闪闪发光的装饰,让人感觉像是在“办派对”。
France sees sharp rise in cadmium exposure from everyday foods The reality behind the ribbon Lénaïg said what bothers her most about Pink October is the gap between the campaign and the reality of being a patient. The opening “big musical show” beneath the Eiffel Tower, the illuminations and the glitter, can feel like “a party”, she explained.
当她的病情于2025年11月复发时,莱奈格寻求心理支持。“他们能提供的第一次预约要等到1月底,”她说。
When her disease returned in November 2025, Lénaïg sought psychological support. “The first appointment they were able to offer me was at the end of January,” she said.
在她看来,这种等待与十月提供的护肤和化妆工作坊的易得性形成鲜明对比。她所谓的“这个展示月”与她在一家备受推崇的医疗中心接受的治疗之间存在错位,她表示那里人手和资源都很短缺。
That wait, in her view, contrasts starkly with the availability of skincare and make-up workshops offered in October. A mismatch exists between what she calls “this showcase month” and the care she is receiving at a highly regarded medical centre where, she says, staff and resources are lacking.
Lénaïg 是“癌症愤怒”组织的成员,该组织为引起人们对粉红丝带象征意义与现实之间差距的关注,已将该活动重新命名。
Lénaïg is a member of the Cancer Colère ("Cancer Anger") collective which – to draw attention to the gap between pink ribbon and reality – has renamed the event .
Lénaïg 表示,其目的并非批评那些在“粉红十月”中找到“慰藉”的人,而是要求该活动做得更多。
Its aim is not to criticise people who find “comfort” in Pink October, Lénaïg said, but to demand more from it.
当强硬左翼政党“不屈的法国”(LFI)议员领袖玛蒂尔德·帕诺宣布不佩戴粉红丝带,谴责该活动具有“绝对的虚伪”时,这种愤怒找到了政治回响。
That anger found a political echo when Mathilde Panot, who leads MPs from the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party, announced she would not wear the pink ribbon – condemning the “absolute cynicism” of the campaign.
从乳腺癌到艾滋病,人工智能将如何彻底改变医疗保健 污染与预防 “癌症愤怒”组织成立于 2025 年,当时正值反对法国迪普隆法案之际,该法案旨在放宽对农业的限制——包括允许使用两种此前被禁的杀虫剂。
From breast cancer to HIV, how AI is set to revolutionise healthcare Pollution and prevention The Cancer Colère collective was created in 2025 amid opposition to France's Duplomb law, which aimed to ease constraints on the farming industry – including by allowing the use of two insecticides that had previously been banned.
法国国家健康与医学研究院发现,研究虽有限,但研究已发现某些农药与较高乳腺癌风险之间存在关联。
Research is limited, but studies have found a link between some pesticides and a higher risk of breast cancer, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research found.
该组织汇聚了患者、农民和医生。他们认为,“粉红十月”过分关注筛查和个人行为,而对环境和职业暴露关注太少。
The collective brings together patients, farmers and doctors. It argues that Pink October focuses too heavily on screening and individual behaviour while paying too little attention to environmental and workplace exposure.
治疗期间,医生询问 Lénaïg 是否饮酒吸烟。“但从来没人问我曾在哪里工作,是否接触过污染物,”她说。
During treatment, doctors asked Lénaïg about whether she used alcohol and tobacco. “But nobody ever asked me where I had worked and whether I had been in contact with pollutants,” she said.
Lénaïg 表示,看到政客们佩戴粉红丝带,而其中一些人却支持该农业法案,“相当令人震惊”。“我们希望解决这个问题,而不是让人们只是在这种自动驾驶式的活动中随波逐流,而不去质疑他们是如何投票的。”“我认为我们仍停留在个人层面,并未帮助人们从整体上思考体制问题,”专攻性别与健康的人类学家穆尼亚·埃尔·科特尼对法广表示。
Seeing politicians wear the pink ribbon when some backed the farming law is “pretty shocking”, Lénaïg said. “We’d like this problem to be tackled, rather than just having people join in this campaign on a kind of autopilot, without questioning how they voted.”“I find we’re still stuck at the individual level, and we’re not helping people think about the system as a whole,” anthropologist Mounia El Kotni, a specialist in gender and health, told RFI.
在该集体的行动中,她看到了将疾病与生活条件及环境暴露联系起来的途径,称这是“一个非常重要的步骤”。
In the collective’s campaign, she sees a way to link disease with living conditions and environmental exposure, calling this "a really important step".
接受法广(RFI)联系时,举办埃菲尔铁塔活动的组织“粉红丝带”(Ruban Rose)试图将其工作与更广泛的运动区分开来。
Contacted by RFI, Ruban Rose ("Pink Ribbon"), the organisation behind the Eiffel Tower event, sought to distinguish its work from the wider campaign.
该组织在书面回复中表示:“更好地了解病因、推进治疗、改善生活质量和鼓励筛查是相辅相成、不可分割的。”它还表示已启动一项关于风险因素和筛查障碍的研究。
“Better understanding the causes, advancing treatment, improving quality of life and encouraging screening are complementary and inseparable,” it said in a written response. It also said it had launched a study into risk factors and barriers to screening.
研究显示:居住在大型葡萄园附近的法国儿童患白血病风险更高
French children living near large vineyards at higher risk of leukaemia: study Screening gaps and 'pinkwashing' In 2024, just 44 percent of eligible women took part in France’s breast cancer screening programme, which offers a mammogram every two years to women aged 50-74.
筛查缺口与“粉红洗白” 2024年,仅有44%的符合条件女性参加了法国的乳腺癌筛查计划,该计划为50至74岁女性提供每两年一次的乳腺X光检查。
That was down from 52.3 percent in 2011, figures from Santé Publique France show. Screening outside the programme is not included, but participation remains well below the European average.
法国公共卫生署(Santé Publique France)的数据显示,这一比例低于2011年的52.3%。该数据不包括计划外的筛查,但参与率仍远低于欧洲平均水平。
The burden of increasing participation cannot rest on individual women, says French charity the League Against Cancer. It campaigns to bridge healthcare gaps and reach women who are isolated from the medical system, and for year-round engagement and education – outside of campaign months.
法国慈善机构抗癌联盟(League Against Cancer)表示,提高参与率的责任不能仅靠个别女性承担。该联盟致力于弥合医疗差距、触达与医疗体系脱节的女性,并推动全年持续的参与和教育——而非局限于活动月份。
Still, the Pink October campaign does raise money, it says. The month of October accounts for around 12-15 percent of the League’s annual donations, Bilel Ben Hassine, its marketing director in charge of fundraising, told RFI.
不过,抗癌联盟市场总监、负责筹款的Bilel Ben Hassine告诉法广,“粉红十月”活动确实能筹集资金。10月份的捐款约占联盟全年捐款的12%至15%。
Those funds are “substantial”, paying for research, prevention, advocacy and support for patients and their families.
他表示,这些资金“数额可观”,用于资助研究、预防、倡导以及对患者及其家庭的支持。
But, he added, the campaign also attracts businesses looking to polish their image. “You can tell that for a lot of companies, it’s a marketing event." Lénaïg and other members of the Cancer Colère collective have begun cataloguing adverts for pink products, including sponges and hairbrushes, and questioning how much of the price of the product is actually donated and to whom.
但他补充说,这项活动也吸引了希望改善自身形象的企业。“你可以看出,对很多公司来说,这是一场营销活动。”莱娜伊格和“癌症愤怒”团体的其他成员已经开始整理粉色产品的广告,包括海绵和发刷,并质疑产品价格中有多少实际被捐出、捐给了谁。
She urges people to donate directly to treatment centres or patient organisations, rather than buying such products.
她敦促人们直接向治疗中心或患者组织捐款,而不是购买这类产品。
To avoid so-called "pinkwashing" – whereby companies use "cause marketing" to boost profits and their image, without making a meaningful contribution to that cause – the League Against Cancer accepts just 4 percent of the approaches from companies it receives. These are vetted for sincerity, and partners they work with must pass on prevention messages.
为避免所谓的“粉色洗白”——即企业利用“公益营销”来提升利润和形象,却对该公益事业没有做出有意义的贡献——抗癌联盟只接受其收到的企业接洽中的4%。这些接洽会经过真诚度审查,与其合作的伙伴必须传递预防信息。
For promotions where money is donated for every product bought, the League checks that prices have not been raised beforehand.
对于每购买一件产品就捐款的促销活动,抗癌联盟会核查价格是否事先被抬高。
Cancer on the rise in France, particularly amongst women smokers An imperfect platform Mistrust of Pink October is also linked to its origins. The first breast cancer awareness week took place in 1985 in the United States – backed by Imperial Chemical Industries, a British group that manufactured pesticides as well as tamoxifen, a breast cancer treatment.
法国癌症发病率上升,尤其是女性吸烟者 一个不完美的平台 “粉红十月”之所以受到质疑,也与其起源有关。首个乳腺癌宣传周于1985年在美国举行,背后支持者是英国帝国化学工业公司,该集团既生产农药,也生产乳腺癌治疗药物他莫昔芬。
A 1993 investigation by US newspaper , later reported on by French daily , found that the company's funding gave it power of veto over campaign messages. The group’s medicines and farm chemicals businesses have since been separated.
美国报纸1993年的一项调查——后来由法国日报报道——发现,该公司的资助使其对活动信息拥有否决权。该集团的医药和农用化学品业务此后已被拆分。
Pink October and its famous ribbon arrived in France in 1994, launched by cosmetics group Estée Lauder and magazine.
“粉红十月”及其著名的丝带于1994年传入法国,由化妆品集团雅诗兰黛和杂志共同发起。
Mélanie Courtier, director of the organisation Jeune & Rose ("Young and Pink"), which supports young women affected by breast cancer, is critical of the nature of Pink October, saying its constant use of pink can give a simplistic picture of the disease.
支持受乳腺癌影响年轻女性的组织“年轻与粉色”负责人梅拉妮·库尔捷对“粉红十月”的性质持批评态度,称其不断使用粉色可能让人对这种疾病产生过于简单化的认识。
However, what worries her more is that an imperfect but vital campaign could be discredited.
然而,更令她担忧的是,一个虽不完美却至关重要的运动可能会被抹黑。
“[Pink October] is also what allows us to work the other 11 months of the year and to fund the free services offered to patients,” she told RFI. “These fights aren’t at odds with each other.”The organisation works with secondary school students, and when town councils approach it to participate, it asks for prevention workshops and talks to be held locally – rather than just the lighting up of local landmarks.
“[粉红十月]也是让我们能在一年中的其他11个月开展工作、并为患者提供的免费服务筹集资金的契机,”她对法广(RFI)表示,“这些斗争并不相互冲突。”该组织与中学生合作,当市镇议会主动联系希望参与时,它会要求在当地举办预防研讨会和讲座——而不仅仅是点亮地标建筑。“如果只是把东西染成粉红色,那是不够的,”她说。
“If [things are] just coloured in pink, that’s not enough," she says.
她补充道,十月为该组织提供了一个“窗口”,让年轻患者的声音得以被听见,因为她们在预防政策中仍是一个“盲区”。
October gives the organisation a “window” in which younger patients' voices can be heard, she added, since they remain a “blind spot” in prevention policies.
目的是利用十月运动吸引来的关注——无论通过何种方式——来传达她们的诉求。
The aim is to use the attention the October campaign draws – through whatever means – to get their concerns across.
“要不是因为粉红十月,这些市镇议会、这些学校、这些组织甚至不会联系我们。”
“If it weren’t for Pink October, these town councils, these schools, these organisations wouldn’t even call us.”