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People really need to stop regurgitating this red herring argument (pun intended): cancer rates are increasing by age group. Colorectal cancers in young people

by noam87 10y ago

People really need to stop regurgitating this red herring argument (pun intended): cancer rates are increasing by age group. Colorectal cancers in young people have increased 40% in just 16 years. Melanoma rates in young people have increased 250% in four decades.

Broken_Hippo 10y ago
Skin cancer has risen. It started about the 20's when vacationing and getting tan on vacation (to show off money) became popular - and rose more with the popularity of tanning beds. The conspiracy theory states it jumped upon the introduction of the FM band, but I'm guessing that is just coincidence. Colorectal cancers would increase because detection has increased. It became fairly popular to get a probe done at a certain age. I seriously can't give these sorts of numbers credit, just like having a percieved increase in autism after including more folks in it and having better screening and awareness.
- noam87 10y ago
  Incorrect, the rates are rising among young people: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/well/live/colon-and-rectal-cancers-rising-in-young-people.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/well/live/colon-and-recta... Why do some people insist on rationalizing these trends away?
  - Broken_Hippo 10y ago
    I do stand corrected on colon cancer. However, I stand by my general stance. Many cancers simply wouldn't show up in a population with a much shorter life expectancy. I'm not about to say it isn't partially environment or lifestyle (other things do cause cancer), just that we notice because of our life span and ability to detect these. I get this from articles like the one listed at the end, which states: The main reason cancer risk overall is rising is because of our increasing lifespan. And the researchers behind these new statistics reckon that about two-thirds of the increase is due to longevity. Colon cancer seems to be an outlier, and there are a couple of these. Cervical cancer is caused by a very common virus and often affects younger women, just to give another example. http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2015/02/04/why-are-cancer-rates-increasing/ http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2015/02/04/why-are-c...

by noam87 10y ago

Broken_Hippo 10y ago

Skin cancer has risen. It started about the 20's when vacationing and getting tan on vacation (to show off money) became popular - and rose more with the popularity of tanning beds. The conspiracy theory states it jumped upon the introduction of the FM band, but I'm guessing that is just coincidence. Colorectal cancers would increase because detection has increased. It became fairly popular to get a probe done at a certain age. I seriously can't give these sorts of numbers credit, just like having a percieved increase in autism after including more folks in it and having better screening and awareness.

noam87 10y ago
Incorrect, the rates are rising among young people: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/well/live/colon-and-rectal-cancers-rising-in-young-people.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/well/live/colon-and-recta... Why do some people insist on rationalizing these trends away?
- Broken_Hippo 10y ago
  I do stand corrected on colon cancer. However, I stand by my general stance. Many cancers simply wouldn't show up in a population with a much shorter life expectancy. I'm not about to say it isn't partially environment or lifestyle (other things do cause cancer), just that we notice because of our life span and ability to detect these. I get this from articles like the one listed at the end, which states: The main reason cancer risk overall is rising is because of our increasing lifespan. And the researchers behind these new statistics reckon that about two-thirds of the increase is due to longevity. Colon cancer seems to be an outlier, and there are a couple of these. Cervical cancer is caused by a very common virus and often affects younger women, just to give another example. http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2015/02/04/why-are-cancer-rates-increasing/ http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2015/02/04/why-are-c...