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Read the two lines of the article: > Data show that smoking, drinking alcohol and obesity are the biggest contributors to cancer worldwide. > Nearly 50% of c

Read the two lines of the article: > Data show that smoking, drinking alcohol and obesity are the biggest contributors to cancer worldwide. > Nearly 50% of cancer deaths worldwide are caused by preventable risk factors, such as smoking and drinking alcohol, according to the largest study of the link between cancer burden and risk factors Interested to see what your response is to the article once you finish reading it :-)

toomuchtodo 4y ago
Life causes cancer. :) The symptom is cancer, the problem statement is a fix is needed for the human immune system to be more targeted and aggressive in purging cancer from the body, as well as more robust cellular repair mechanisms. The human body can take enormous amounts of environmental abuse, but there’s clearly room for improvement.
- kingkawn 4y ago
  A more aggressive immune system can cause cancers, such a myeloma or lymphoma. Gotta watch what you wish for
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    Improvements should be designed to balance self preservation with self destruction. Immunotherapy, gene therapy, and CRISPR are still in their infancy.
- fredgrott 4y ago
  ahem metabolism by animals in of itself does not cause cancer. Biology wise cancer is the miss fire of a nature aging process.
- blacksmith_tb 4y ago
  "Approximately 39.5% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes (based on 2015–2017 data)."[1] Many lives will experience cancer, but not the majority. So it seems to be more complex that immune inadequacy (unless 60% of immune systems are working really well, which would be noteworthy). It seems like a reasonable hypothesis that environment is playing a larger role than individual genetic variations. So encouraging people (or even scaring them) to not smoke, not drink, eat better and exercise more seems like a reasonable approach - it won't cure cancer, but it could reduce rates? 1: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics
hamiltonians 4y ago
doesnt change my point. docs screen by age, not lifestyle unless u smoke

toomuchtodo 4y ago

Life causes cancer. :) The symptom is cancer, the problem statement is a fix is needed for the human immune system to be more targeted and aggressive in purging cancer from the body, as well as more robust cellular repair mechanisms. The human body can take enormous amounts of environmental abuse, but there’s clearly room for improvement.

kingkawn 4y ago
A more aggressive immune system can cause cancers, such a myeloma or lymphoma. Gotta watch what you wish for
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Improvements should be designed to balance self preservation with self destruction. Immunotherapy, gene therapy, and CRISPR are still in their infancy.
fredgrott 4y ago
ahem metabolism by animals in of itself does not cause cancer. Biology wise cancer is the miss fire of a nature aging process.
blacksmith_tb 4y ago
"Approximately 39.5% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes (based on 2015–2017 data)."[1] Many lives will experience cancer, but not the majority. So it seems to be more complex that immune inadequacy (unless 60% of immune systems are working really well, which would be noteworthy). It seems like a reasonable hypothesis that environment is playing a larger role than individual genetic variations. So encouraging people (or even scaring them) to not smoke, not drink, eat better and exercise more seems like a reasonable approach - it won't cure cancer, but it could reduce rates? 1: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics

hamiltonians 4y ago

doesnt change my point. docs screen by age, not lifestyle unless u smoke