It was the same for my father, and even the doctor’s mother whom I regularly see. I wonder if these issues are caused by the immune system becoming lax over tim

It was the same for my father, and even the doctor’s mother whom I regularly see. I wonder if these issues are caused by the immune system becoming lax over time. For example, I know one of the treatments for arthritis is Humira, a monoclonal antibody that suppresses TNF-A (tumor necrosis alpha). It could be the immune system suppresses TNF and this causes the perfect environment for cancers to remain latent. There should be markers for a “pre-cancer” chronic condition. In multiple myeloma (what my father had) there is a clinical definition of “smoldering” myeloma which I understand to be a pre-cancerous condition. There ought to be more of those