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What about widespread use of painkillers? Aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen have become common place over this period. Calming the body's immune response might

What about widespread use of painkillers? Aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen have become common place over this period. Calming the body's immune response might have a beneficial effect on overall health.

autokad 10y ago
cancer is caused by swelling, thus anything that reduces it will reduce cancer incidents.
- philippnagel 10y ago
  Cancer is caused by swelling?
  - SomeCallMeTim 10y ago
    The cancers that involve "lumps" are not swelling, but performing angiogenesis [1]. Not sure about the blood cancers because, well, I'm not an expert, but I believe that all cancers involve unrestricted cell division of some kind, at least some of the time as a result of a DNA or RNA error. I believe swelling is typically caused by individual cells or tissues (or even pockets in the body) building up fluids of one kind or another. Unfortunately cancer can cause this kind of swelling when your liver and/or kidneys shut down. Source: My mom died of breast cancer, and things were not pleasant near the end. If OP is talking about systemic inflammation...then there may be a link between the two, but it's certainly not the only cause. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiogenesis [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_inflammation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_inflammation
    - ryanmarsh 10y ago
      This helps to understand the scope of cancer in laymen's terms. http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php/archive_print.php?comicid=1162 http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php/archive_print.ph...
  - ccallebs 10y ago
    Perhaps he means inflammation. Inflammation has been linked to certain types of cancers.
    - autokad 10y ago
      yes, I meant that, and no - nearly all cancers are linked to inflammation. the differences are in what causes the inflammation.
      - jeffdavis 10y ago
        "linked to" does not mean "caused by".

autokad 10y ago

cancer is caused by swelling, thus anything that reduces it will reduce cancer incidents.

philippnagel 10y ago
Cancer is caused by swelling?
- SomeCallMeTim 10y ago
  The cancers that involve "lumps" are not swelling, but performing angiogenesis [1]. Not sure about the blood cancers because, well, I'm not an expert, but I believe that all cancers involve unrestricted cell division of some kind, at least some of the time as a result of a DNA or RNA error. I believe swelling is typically caused by individual cells or tissues (or even pockets in the body) building up fluids of one kind or another. Unfortunately cancer can cause this kind of swelling when your liver and/or kidneys shut down. Source: My mom died of breast cancer, and things were not pleasant near the end. If OP is talking about systemic inflammation...then there may be a link between the two, but it's certainly not the only cause. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiogenesis [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_inflammation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_inflammation
  - ryanmarsh 10y ago
    This helps to understand the scope of cancer in laymen's terms. http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php/archive_print.php?comicid=1162 http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php/archive_print.ph...
- ccallebs 10y ago
  Perhaps he means inflammation. Inflammation has been linked to certain types of cancers.
  - autokad 10y ago
    yes, I meant that, and no - nearly all cancers are linked to inflammation. the differences are in what causes the inflammation.
    - jeffdavis 10y ago
      "linked to" does not mean "caused by".