Cancer

[Darran]

Is it getting more common?
We all hear someone say “it’s all you hear about” but it is.
There’s 26 bungalows in our private estate and there’s cancer in 8 of them.
What the fuck is going on?

 

[Ronald Parp]

People live longer. In the olden days you’d probably be dead before getting diagnosed.

 

[Darran]

People live longer. In the olden days you’d probably be dead before getting diagnosed.

I take your point but there’s a lot of young ish people being diagnosed.

 

[Ronald Parp]

Yes, I was generalising a bit. I do think though the longer you live the more likely you are to get it, so if we all live to 150 years old we might all get it.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Better screening, testing etc will be (positive) factors in increased diagnoses. Goes without saying but if you’ve got it it’s better to know you’ve got it and know early.

 

[monmouth]

1 in 3 is the chance now isn't it? Ultra Processed Food and sun damage will have increased the risk, and continue to. My friend just had a mole removed and it turned out cancerous. She's clear, but when I think of my exposure to the sun when I was younger, including burning, it's a bit sobering.

Without reaching for my tinfoil hat, I wouldn't be surprised if screen exposure and mobile phone obsession will also have some kind of serious detrimental impact over time.

Twitter also mimics a brain tumour by fucking up people's brains and ability to critically evaluate, so we should probably start including everyone regularly on that shitfest as pretty ill.

 

[Darran]

Is it getting more common?
We all hear someone say “it’s all you hear about” but it is.
There’s 26 bungalows in our private estate and there’s cancer in 8 of them.
What the fuck is going on?

And as I was posting this it went down to 7.