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Re:In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer by deftnerd on Friday October 04, 2019 @10:03AM (#21157780)
This reminds me a lot of the cancers attributed to HPV, a common virus. The researchers who discovered that link have likely saved millions of lives.

Almost every instance of cervical cancer is attributed to HPV. 70% of throat cancers, 90% of anal cancers, 60% of penile cancers, 75% vaginal, and 70% vulvar cancers. [1]

It always stunned me that one little virus that used to be seen just as an embarrassment was re-categorized as being a huge risk factor for deadly cancers.

If the person who identified a common bacteria being responsible for almost all ulcers got a Nobel price, the HPV <--> cancer researchers should also have been considered, IMHO.

[1] https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/i...

Re:In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer by eth0up on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:03AM (#21158385)
"...person who identified a common bacteria..." (Barry Marshall)

Helicobacter pylori is also a suspect carcinogen, specifically in some stomach cancers. I am now wondering if it assists this evil fungus in any indirect way. Over half the world population carries h pylori, apparently mostly asymptomatically.

Re:In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer by tigershark on Friday October 04, 2019 @04:37PM (#21161683)
Is there a non invasive way of getting tested for it?
Re:In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer by eth0up on Friday October 04, 2019 @06:43PM (#21162498)
There's the poo test and a breath test.. beyond that I'm unsure. The breath test seems less available, maybe. Consider the following before alarming yourself though. H pylori, if asymptomatic, may be at a level of what some in the medical field deem best left alone. The goal in some treatments seems to beat it down rather than eradicate it. Rationale seems to weigh cost\benefit of slaughtering all the good stuff to get the bad when the bad might not do much beneath a threshold. I'm no authority. The subject, I do think is worth reading about and it doesn't appear there's a clearly advised plan for the infected asymptomatic majority.
Re:In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer by abawany on Friday October 04, 2019 @06:51PM (#21162546)
For H Pylori, there are 2 tests that are both pretty easy: one is a blood test and the other is a breathing test (they collect the exhalation in some bag.) The results are returned fairly quickly