Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the U.S., report finds

Re:Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the ... by devmor on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:06PM (#27777620)

I just wish it were the same for pets. We've lost two cats to cancer in the past two years. There's so much they can do to extend quality of life, but not much in the way of actually extending their lives.

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Re:Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the ... by gnulinux on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:21PM (#27777762)

This is very heart breaking. I love my cat just like a child, he's my everything, and I spend an important part of my day, playing with him, taking care of him etc. Seeing him dead would absolutely devastate me: but being a 20 something, it's very likely this will happen sometime in my lifetime (my cat is 2 years old)!

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Re:Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the ... by askonomm on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:27PM (#27778387)

Cats can live a pretty long time however. My grandmas two cats (sisters) lived from when I was 7 years old, to when I was 27 years old, and both died just months apart from each other. That's pretty good I think.

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Re:Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the ... by xarope on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:30PM (#27778413)

I have a pet-theory (see what I did there...) about pets; they remind us to appreciate and keep dear to us, not just pets, but the people around us.

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Re:Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the ... by nerdponx on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:23PM (#27777779)

Sometimes with humans we spend too much effort extending life without considering quality of life.

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Re:Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the ... by oleander73 on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:59AM (#27780843)

I have incurable cancer and I wish I had the option of going to the vet to "move to a farm upstate."

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Re:Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the ... by nerdponx on Friday July 09, 2021 @02:03AM (#27780859)

I'm so sorry to hear that.

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