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I wonder if this takes into account the number of young people going in to receive cancer-diagnosing tests. Perhaps as a result of news about microplastics, etc
by fercircularbuf 2y ago
I wonder if this takes into account the number of young people going in to receive cancer-diagnosing tests. Perhaps as a result of news about microplastics, etc. people are generally becoming more worried and therefore more proactive in seeking diagnoses. But more people getting tested results in more cancer diagnoses.
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoWhile it's true that more testing finds more cases, if I went to my doctor and said "I read about plastics in the news, please test me for cancer" they would politely say no and send me home. And they specifically say that more people are dying from cancer young, not just being diagnosed. I think we can all agree that dying from cancer is not easy to mix up with other causes of death. So it's probably not like people were dying of cancer and we just didn't notice.