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"Processed food!" Agreed. | |||
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"I'm sure there are some environmental factors that are increasing the prevalence of various cancers. But isn't it more about the fact that detection is now so much better? And overall awareness? I wonder if many deaths in the past might have been put down to 'old age' or something else that resulted from an undetected cancer. I'm sure there are many people who can correct me... just my musings over the incredible advances in medicine. " This most certainly plays its part yes. It is a combination of factors for sure. Without knowing how many actually died of it in the past it is much harder to say how much more common it is. | |||
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"It’s a reality. I was diagnosed with lymphoma in October. It’s a form of blood cancer. Luckily nowadays with technological advancements things are not all doom and gloom. I am on a 6 cycle chemo plan. 3 cycles done. Cycle 4 begins tomorrow. I am more than happy to say my life has pretty much been as per pre diagnosis. Sure I have the odd bad day but nothing like how I imagined. Still working full time and leading a full and rich life. " All the best with your journey, look forward to you smashing it out the park ASAP | |||
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"I lost my gorgeous wife to pancreatic cancer six years ago. She was 46, fit and a 5k runner on a weekly basis. Of course some lifestyle choices will increase the chances of getting cancer, but there are totally clean living healthy people who are struck down with this horrible,life destroying disease.." Exactly this I lost my Partner to cancer coming up 8.years he was 59 fit and healthy,alot of very healthy people get cancer | |||
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"I lost my gorgeous wife to pancreatic cancer six years ago. She was 46, fit and a 5k runner on a weekly basis. Of course some lifestyle choices will increase the chances of getting cancer, but there are totally clean living healthy people who are struck down with this horrible,life destroying disease.. Exactly this I lost my Partner to cancer coming up 8.years he was 59 fit and healthy,alot of very healthy people get cancer" Sorry for both your losses. I think we have all had somebody, close that has suffered from it. It is not just people that get it though, animals do too and not just pets and domesticated animals but those in zoos and even wild animals. | |||
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"It’s a reality. I was diagnosed with lymphoma in October. It’s a form of blood cancer. Luckily nowadays with technological advancements things are not all doom and gloom. I am on a 6 cycle chemo plan. 3 cycles done. Cycle 4 begins tomorrow. I am more than happy to say my life has pretty much been as per pre diagnosis. Sure I have the odd bad day but nothing like how I imagined. Still working full time and leading a full and rich life. " I had t cell lymphoma diagnosed 2016 had 6 sessions of chop then a stem cell transplant in spring 2017. Been in complete remmission since the 4th round of chop. Fingers crossed for you bud T | |||
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"We live in a world with thousands of chemicals around us daily, it's not a case of if, Its a case of when I get cancer. All any of us can do is get those niggling symptoms checked out early, and hopefully get a fighting chance at life" This is exactly it for me, my genetics alone put me at a higher risk for a lot of cancers, both my mum and her sister have had and survived breast cancer(both different types), I've lost great aunts to breast cancer and also ovarian and cervical runs rife with the women in my family (my cousin who is a year younger has had treatment for early stage cervical), both my grandads had bowl cancer and my nan lung cancer. All I can do is be vigilant and attend regular screening when offered and once I reach the age range for some of the ones I'm not yet make sure I have them done and be aware of my own body and look out for any changes and get them looked at ASAP. Tinder x | |||
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"Apart from the chemicals and lifestyle side of it, also we are dying less from other things? 50 years ago more of us would have died in workplace accidents, car crashes, drowning etc before getting, or not knowing that we had cancer." Is it the same in other countries too? Do the Greeks or Germans or Danes or Australians get cancer 1 out of 2? | |||
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"You have to put this 1 in 2 figure into context...it's not quite as bad as it sounds. People are dying less and less from other diseases and are therefore more likely to be diagnosed with cancer. Another factor is improvement in our ability to detect cancer. Techniques like breast-cancer screening and testing for prostate cancer markers mean cancers are more likely to be identified in the first place, and often at a younger age, which also changes the statistics. We shouldn’t forget that more people are also surviving cancer. Today half of people newly diagnosed with the disease will live for more than 10 years. In the early 1970s, the corresponding survival rate was only 24 per cent." Survival wasant really my point. Its more to do with... What's changed that we are getting cancers more than 30 years ago and why are we accepting of it with neery a blink.? As for prostate. I wasn't aware there was an accurate test for prostate. If there is, that's good progress. | |||
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"Apart from the chemicals and lifestyle side of it, also we are dying less from other things?" I think it’s probably this. Smoking, sunburn, diesel particulates, microplastics, chemicals don’t help. What are the other big killers? Heart disease, misadventure, suicide, war, infections? We’ve got antibiotics (for now) and a better understanding of how diet affects us. We’ve got to die of something. | |||
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"Survival wasn't really my point. Its more to do with... What's changed that we are getting cancers more than 30 years ago and why are we accepting of it with nary a blink?" I think your question has been answered pretty thoroughly as the thread’s run its course. People are living longer - more time equals more opportunities for cancers to come along. People aren’t dying of so many other diseases/conditions/dangers - life is safer nowadays and more ailments are treatable, but cancers still arrive. Medical science has progressed - we’re better at diagnosing cancers and better at defining what a cancer is, instead of just saying ‘died of old age’ or ‘his lungs failed’ or whatever. | |||
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"2.. What are shops and suppliers doing selling products that aren't "safe" .? " Teflon Artificial sweeteners I doubt either would get approved now. I’ll be interested to see how Vapes come out after 10-20 yrs of mass testing. | |||
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"Work out, eat fresh food not processed, don't smoke, look after your body and nothing to worry about " Except that's absolute bullshit. It may reduces chances but it won't remove them completely. I know plenty of people who live an extremely healthy lifestyle that have died from different kinds of cancer. | |||
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"Processed food!" I actually had this discussion the other day. The number of things in it I've never heard of is quite alarming. Hence I steer clear of it where possible. I also do not add sugar or salt to food. Who knows what's in the food chain these days. | |||
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"2.. What are shops and suppliers doing selling products that aren't "safe" .? Teflon Artificial sweeteners I doubt either would get approved now. I’ll be interested to see how Vapes come out after 10-20 yrs of mass testing. " Genuine question though, if we know lots of our modern living chemicals and utensils and behaviours and technology is bad for our health... (yet terribly convenient) why aren't we glueing our faces to the conveyor belts in the supermarkets to say stop killing us? Rather dramatic way of wording it I know but 1 in 2 is a ridiculously high percentage. Regardless of treatment and survival.. Surely we are better off with prevention? | |||
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"Processed food" "Unsafe products" "Radio waves" What you have there is technically called a bunch of nonsense. There are genuine reasons for cancer’s increased prevalence and visibility. They’ve been explained right here in this thread multiple times. As for what actually causes cancers … there’s no simple answer. But tobacco causes about 30% of cases. Obesity about 30%. Alcohol about 10%. About 18% of cases come from infectious diseases like HPV. And work-related exposure to hazards like asbestos or benzene cause a fair percentage too. | |||
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"2.. What are shops and suppliers doing selling products that aren't "safe" .? Teflon Artificial sweeteners I doubt either would get approved now. I’ll be interested to see how Vapes come out after 10-20 yrs of mass testing. Genuine question though, if we know lots of our modern living chemicals and utensils and behaviours and technology is bad for our health... (yet terribly convenient) why aren't we glueing our faces to the conveyor belts in the supermarkets to say stop killing us? Rather dramatic way of wording it I know but 1 in 2 is a ridiculously high percentage. Regardless of treatment and survival.. Surely we are better off with prevention? " There is no prevention. It is a mutation. A wild animal with zero contact with humans has the potential to have cells mutate to become cancerous. Granted some species have developed a counter to this etc but that is a very low number. Larger animals like whale's and elephants have lower rates of cancer due to less cell mutation. Bat's also have a lower rate. The Beluga has the largest rate of cancer for any animal on earth. Carnivorous animals have a higher rate of cancerous mutations than herbivores. | |||
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"2.. What are shops and suppliers doing selling products that aren't "safe" .? Teflon Artificial sweeteners I doubt either would get approved now. I’ll be interested to see how Vapes come out after 10-20 yrs of mass testing. Genuine question though, if we know lots of our modern living chemicals and utensils and behaviours and technology is bad for our health... (yet terribly convenient) why aren't we glueing our faces to the conveyor belts in the supermarkets to say stop killing us? Rather dramatic way of wording it I know but 1 in 2 is a ridiculously high percentage. Regardless of treatment and survival.. Surely we are better off with prevention? There is no prevention. It is a mutation. A wild animal with zero contact with humans has the potential to have cells mutate to become cancerous. Granted some species have developed a counter to this etc but that is a very low number. Larger animals like whale's and elephants have lower rates of cancer due to less cell mutation. Bat's also have a lower rate. The Beluga has the largest rate of cancer for any animal on earth. Carnivorous animals have a higher rate of cancerous mutations than herbivores. " So if there is no prevention.. Does that mean cancer rates in all similar countries are the same? | |||
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"2.. What are shops and suppliers doing selling products that aren't "safe" .? Teflon Artificial sweeteners I doubt either would get approved now. I’ll be interested to see how Vapes come out after 10-20 yrs of mass testing. Genuine question though, if we know lots of our modern living chemicals and utensils and behaviours and technology is bad for our health... (yet terribly convenient) why aren't we glueing our faces to the conveyor belts in the supermarkets to say stop killing us? Rather dramatic way of wording it I know but 1 in 2 is a ridiculously high percentage. Regardless of treatment and survival.. Surely we are better off with prevention? There is no prevention. It is a mutation. A wild animal with zero contact with humans has the potential to have cells mutate to become cancerous. Granted some species have developed a counter to this etc but that is a very low number. Larger animals like whale's and elephants have lower rates of cancer due to less cell mutation. Bat's also have a lower rate. The Beluga has the largest rate of cancer for any animal on earth. Carnivorous animals have a higher rate of cancerous mutations than herbivores. So if there is no prevention.. Does that mean cancer rates in all similar countries are the same? " Depends. There will be all kinds of factors that can potentially increase the chance of cancerous cell mutation. It also depends on which form of cancer. Somebody from one country may be more likely to have skin cancer, while another more likely to have prostate or breast (yes men can get breast cancer too). Health service quality and availability will play a factor in having how many people are actually diagnosed in certain countries. Bottom line is that cancer is naturally occurring but certainly aided by multiple outside factors like smoking, or excessive process food diets, or toxins in the air etc. | |||
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"Processed food Unsafe products Radio waves What you have there is technically called a bunch of nonsense. There are genuine reasons for cancer’s increased prevalence and visibility. They’ve been explained right here in this thread multiple times. As for what actually causes cancers … there’s no simple answer. But tobacco causes about 30% of cases. Obesity about 30%. Alcohol about 10%. About 18% of cases come from infectious diseases like HPV. And work-related exposure to hazards like asbestos or benzene cause a fair percentage too." A bunch of nonsense? Are you saying that tobacco causes 30% of cancers? If that is so, then the previous poster has a fair point with "unsafe product" being sold to the general public is damaging. Are you also saying that 30% of cancers are a result of obesity? If that is the case, the previous poster was possibly correct in stating that "processed food" might be a cause because I dare say, in this day and age, a large majority of the obese population is obese due to lifestyle choices (including processed foods and lack of exercise) rather than it being down to a medical condition. As for radio waves (or any part of radio frequency radiation), the American Cancer Society have an interesting article where there are clearly elements of the electromagnetic spectrum which can cause cancer, and those we are exposed to daily like mobile phones, microwaves etc - there is no conclusive evidence either way. | |||
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"Will get cancer... Wtf. is that just in our country? Or the west or all 8 billion of us? What are we doing or not doing that's caused such growth in cancer sufferer numbers? And what can be done to lower those numbers? It's mind blowing how 1 in 2 of us will get cancer at some point. " Definitely not the whole world just the western region.. idiots eating McDonald's and microwave meals drinking sitting on their ass all day .. | |||
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"Work out, eat fresh food not processed, don't smoke, look after your body and nothing to worry about " Other than the totally healthy people who died of cancer already mentioned in the thread then If its gonna get you it will get you … enjoy your life while you have it | |||
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"Work out, eat fresh food not processed, don't smoke, look after your body and nothing to worry about Other than the totally healthy people who died of cancer already mentioned in the thread then If its gonna get you it will get you … enjoy your life while you have it " This!! | |||
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"Work out, eat fresh food not processed, don't smoke, look after your body and nothing to worry about Other than the totally healthy people who died of cancer already mentioned in the thread then If its gonna get you it will get you … enjoy your life while you have it " Exactly .. | |||
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"Will get cancer... Wtf. is that just in our country? Or the west or all 8 billion of us? What are we doing or not doing that's caused such growth in cancer sufferer numbers? And what can be done to lower those numbers? It's mind blowing how 1 in 2 of us will get cancer at some point. " We’re surviving all the other causes of death and living longer than ever before. Go back 150 years and nobody got old enough to get cancer | |||
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"Processed foodUnsafe productsRadio waves What you have there is technically called a bunch of nonsense. There are genuine reasons for cancer’s increased prevalence and visibility. They’ve been explained right here in this thread multiple times. As for what actually causes cancers … there’s no simple answer. But tobacco causes about 30% of cases. Obesity about 30%. Alcohol about 10%. About 18% of cases come from infectious diseases like HPV. And work-related exposure to hazards like asbestos or benzene cause a fair percentage too." Underlying conditions. Diabetics type 2 for example are at higher risk of developing cancers than someone who isn't. And so on. | |||
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"Never mind. You’ve got to die of something. The mr " Aren’t you a little ray of sunshine? Not J | |||
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"Never mind. You’ve got to die of something. The mr Aren’t you a little ray of sunshine? Not J " Thank you The mr | |||
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"Will get cancer... Wtf. is that just in our country? Or the west or all 8 billion of us? What are we doing or not doing that's caused such growth in cancer sufferer numbers? And what can be done to lower those numbers? It's mind blowing how 1 in 2 of us will get cancer at some point. We’re surviving all the other causes of death and living longer than ever before. Go back 150 years and nobody got old enough to get cancer" ^^^Pretty much this. The ageing population is the biggest factor in increased cancer rates. Also, as someone else pointed out, we now carry out lots of routine screening, e.g. for cervical, breast, bowel cancers. This can pick up cancers before any symptoms occur - back "in the day", some of the people identified via screening would have died of other causes before the cancer caused their death. The routine screening means an increase in identified/recorded cancer cases. | |||
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"I have a strong self belief system and this kind of mindset helps maintain a healthy body and mind, I manifest a self belief system and don't accept negative thoughts and I have a healthy diet home cooked food only not processed.. never touch tap water glass bottled spring water only.. avoid subjecting yourself to worrying about an illness .. this will probably attract some negative comments" Ah yes. It's my lack of self belief and consumption of corporation pop that's lead me to this hospital bed. What codswallop! | |||
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"I have a strong self belief system and this kind of mindset helps maintain a healthy body and mind, I manifest a self belief system and don't accept negative thoughts and I have a healthy diet home cooked food only not processed.. never touch tap water glass bottled spring water only.. avoid subjecting yourself to worrying about an illness .. this will probably attract some negative comments Ah yes. It's my lack of self belief and consumption of corporation pop that's lead me to this hospital bed. What codswallop! " Pure negative | |||
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"I have a strong self belief system and this kind of mindset helps maintain a healthy body and mind, I manifest a self belief system and don't accept negative thoughts and I have a healthy diet home cooked food only not processed.. never touch tap water glass bottled spring water only.. avoid subjecting yourself to worrying about an illness .. this will probably attract some negative comments Ah yes. It's my lack of self belief and consumption of corporation pop that's lead me to this hospital bed. What codswallop! Pure negative " So, a bit of positive thinking is going to have me leaping up and dancing a jig? I'll give it a go...... | |||
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