U.S. Cancer Death Rate Has Dropped by a Third Since 1991

Re:U.S. Cancer Death Rate Has Dropped by a Third Since 1991 by dekhn on Friday January 13, 2023 @01:19PM (#34371701)

This is already well-known and understood in science: cancer rates exploding is not because of an external force causing more cancer, but a sign that we addressed other things that kill you before you get cancer. And we also got far better at screening, including being able to identify benign tumors.

This sort of hyperbole- "killing millions", "trillion pet theories"- is needlessly alarmist.

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Re:U.S. Cancer Death Rate Has Dropped by a Third Since 1991 by tee_0 on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:10PM (#34372420)

When the earth is billion, even benign things kill millions. Air pollution kills millions. Cancer for any given age demographic have exploded LIKE A NUCLEAR BOMB. So it’s not lifespan. Cancers of all kinds have exploded, even the ones that were diagnosed before. We didn’t all of a sudden diagnose cancer in 1970. Or diabetes or obesity. And what do you say about communities of people that have almost none of these diseases? It’s not genetics… and they all live in a primitive way. And when these communities adopt western technology and food they start getting sick. But it’s all just an illusion… screening. Sure.

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