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Cancer rates are rising in young people
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#13I would wager this is more a function of better/earlier detection than anything.
In general deaths from cancer are down considerably. I'm having trouble finding exact stats I want, but believe this is the case for young people as well.
Cases of cancer that result in fatality have been and will always be counted pretty close to 100%, since they will eventually seek medical help.
Cases of cancer that are less serious are more likely to be diagnosed when medical care is good.
The survival rate of cancer is over 50%.
https://marypatcampbell.substack.com/p/cancer-death-rates-by...
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#14I would wager this is more a function of better/earlier detection than anything. In general deaths from cancer are down considerably. I'm having trouble finding exact stats I want, but believe this is the case for young people as well. Cases of cancer that result in fatality have been and will always be counted pretty close to 100%, since they will eventually seek medical help. Cases of cancer that are less serious a…
A shrinking group percentagewise in an ever more growing old cake can be by the magic of statistics made to look like anything.
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#15Stress knocks out your imune system.
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#16This is a bit of a surprise given how the prevalence of smoking and drinking in the younger generations is steadily declining. We also have a lot more effort put into reducing emissions from all industries. The idea that kids of the 70's chain smoking in the smog have lower cancer risk than the teetotaling youth of today is just sad. The article touched on it a bit, but apparently obesity is a huge contributing facto…
Stress can cause cancer too and it’s possible stress went up for young people.
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#17I would wager this is more a function of better/earlier detection than anything. In general deaths from cancer are down considerably. I'm having trouble finding exact stats I want, but believe this is the case for young people as well. Cases of cancer that result in fatality have been and will always be counted pretty close to 100%, since they will eventually seek medical help. Cases of cancer that are less serious a…
There is no modern improvement in screening process that would account for the increase in colon cancer we have been seeing in young adults. Colon cancer screening still does not begin until age 50
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#18I would wager this is more a function of better/earlier detection than anything. In general deaths from cancer are down considerably. I'm having trouble finding exact stats I want, but believe this is the case for young people as well. Cases of cancer that result in fatality have been and will always be counted pretty close to 100%, since they will eventually seek medical help. Cases of cancer that are less serious a…
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#19How much of this is explained by the increase in obesity in young adults? I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the first specific cancer TFA mentions is colorectal. In the last sixty years the obesity rate has tripled with morbid obesity growing nearly ten fold.
By explained do you mean cause and effect? What is the link between the two? More cells = more that can become cancerous?
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#20I would wager this is more a function of better/earlier detection than anything. In general deaths from cancer are down considerably. I'm having trouble finding exact stats I want, but believe this is the case for young people as well. Cases of cancer that result in fatality have been and will always be counted pretty close to 100%, since they will eventually seek medical help. Cases of cancer that are less serious a…
There is no modern improvement in screening process that would account for the increase in colon cancer we have been seeing in young adults. Colon cancer screening still does not begin until age 50
It was lowered to 45 a few years ago.
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/cancer-articles/2...