How cancer was created by evolution

Re:How cancer was created by evolution by msdos on Sunday June 05, 2016 @10:01PM (#11844193)

In the US, the lifetime risk of developing cancer is 42% in men and 38% in women

Woah, this isn't far from saying living in the US isn't far from a coin toss for a death sentence.

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Re:How cancer was created by evolution by smt88 on Sunday June 05, 2016 @10:10PM (#11844218)

Not if you don't smoke. Smoking accounts for ~30% of cancer deaths in the US. A substantial number of the rest are due to skin cancer (lots of white people descended from Northern Europeans living in sunny climates).

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Re:How cancer was created by evolution by whamlastxmas on Monday June 06, 2016 @11:17AM (#11847373)

There are lots of types of cancers. Some of the most common types (skin and prostate) aren't really much of a detriment to life expectancy.

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Re:How cancer was created by evolution by msdos on Monday June 06, 2016 @09:40PM (#11851848)

This explains it. Thanks.

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Re:How cancer was created by evolution by sgift on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:54AM (#11844744)

Luckily, cancer isn't a death sentence anymore. It is really, really shitty. REALLY shitty. But it is not a certain death sentence.

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