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90% of cancer cases are cured or suppressed? I have to call BS. Cancer is the number two cause of death in the US.

by greedo 5y ago

eurasiantiger 5y ago
That just goes to show how unfair the medical system there is. Not everyone can afford treatment, and those who cannot are already otherwise more at risk due to the affordability of processed foods imposing unhealthy ”lifestyle choices” as well as downright hazardous living and working conditions.
- chimeracoder 5y ago
  > That just goes to show how unfair the medical system there is. Not everyone can afford treatment, and those who cannot are already otherwise more at risk due to the affordability of processed foods imposing unhealthy ”lifestyle choices” as well as downright hazardous living and working conditions. I get that this explanation fits with a common preconception of the US, but it doesn't bear out in reality. The US has a higher survival rate for all common types of cancer than all other developed countries, and this has been consistently the case for the last three decades. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33326-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
robotresearcher 5y ago
UK data from 2010-2011: "Half (50%) of people diagnosed with cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for ten years or more" [0] Since lots of cancers and lots of deaths are in old people, 10 year survival is quite a high bar. [0] https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/survival#heading-Zero https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-...
- chimeracoder 5y ago
  > "Half (50%) of people diagnosed with cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for ten years or more" [0] Lumping all forms of cancer together is misleading, because cancers have dramatically different mortality rates. You need to separate by type of cancer, or else you're really just measuring the relative prevalence of different cancers. As it turns out, the UK has a relatively low survival rate of cancers compared to other developed countries, including the US. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33326-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

90% of cancer cases are cured or suppressed? I have to call BS. Cancer is the number two cause of death in the US.

by greedo 5y ago

90% of cancer cases are cured or suppressed? I have to call BS. Cancer is the number two cause of death in the US.

That just goes to show how unfair the medical system there is. Not everyone can afford treatment, and those who cannot are already otherwise more at risk due to the affordability of processed foods imposing unhealthy ”lifestyle choices” as well as downright hazardous living and working conditions.

chimeracoder 5y ago
> That just goes to show how unfair the medical system there is. Not everyone can afford treatment, and those who cannot are already otherwise more at risk due to the affordability of processed foods imposing unhealthy ”lifestyle choices” as well as downright hazardous living and working conditions. I get that this explanation fits with a common preconception of the US, but it doesn't bear out in reality. The US has a higher survival rate for all common types of cancer than all other developed countries, and this has been consistently the case for the last three decades. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33326-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

robotresearcher 5y ago

UK data from 2010-2011: "Half (50%) of people diagnosed with cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for ten years or more" [0] Since lots of cancers and lots of deaths are in old people, 10 year survival is quite a high bar. [0] https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/survival#heading-Zero https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-...

chimeracoder 5y ago
> "Half (50%) of people diagnosed with cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for ten years or more" [0] Lumping all forms of cancer together is misleading, because cancers have dramatically different mortality rates. You need to separate by type of cancer, or else you're really just measuring the relative prevalence of different cancers. As it turns out, the UK has a relatively low survival rate of cancers compared to other developed countries, including the US. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33326-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...