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Breast cancer is too common in women to be able to deduce this kind of stuff without a huge amount of data (if ever). There are a few generic factors that are
by psychphysic 3y ago
Breast cancer is too common in women to be able to deduce this kind of stuff without a huge amount of data (if ever).
There are a few generic factors that are clearly causatively linked, but that doesn't mean we could work out less strong, or rarer links.
Whole genome sequencing is becoming more common as is immunological and genetic studies on cancer cells.
We might know one day but probably not any time soon.
- ImHereToVote 3y agoYeah, to bad we don't record employment records. Oh well.
- lazide 3y agoIs it because of elevated cosmic ray exposure due to the high altitude? Or plastic in the inflight meals? Or the crazy schedules? Or is there even a statistically significant effect over time? Knowing any of these things is actually quite hard, and would require a lot of detailed data just to identify a potential pattern.
- talldatethrow 3y agoTo add to the data confusion lol, my grandmother basically never left her home farm. Never drank. Ate meat they slaughtered themselves. Sweets were a rare treat on holidays. You could barely get her to take a car trip because it scared her. Other than her no one is aware to have ever had cancer in our families history. Died of breast cancer.
- Supermancho 3y agoThe various US airlines, who partner with health insurance, certainly have access to this data. Cancer frequency, time in-flight, time in stratosphere, etc. Frequency of these things (or a subset) likely affects the rates.
- nielsbot 3y agoThe article jacquesm linked above says in the first paragraph: "Aircrew may be more likely to get skin cancer and female flight attendants may be more likely to get breast cancer than the general population."