> While environmental factors play a role, they are secondary.
> Sweet. I'm off to get a pack of Marlboro's then.
No need to satirize the GP. "Secondary" does not mean "irrelevant".
It is unfortunately true that just by growing to be 80, regardles of how clean you eat and drink and breathe, your chances of developing any cancer are higher than by being a young moderate smoker. Aging is the primary factor in oncology and the vast majority of cancer patients are elderly.
Has cancer changed or has the environment?
Almost certainly the environment. But there is still something like twenty elderly cancer patients for one young.
That's just sarcasm not satirization. I choose that because he seemed to imply that my point was to be entirely ignored because of this data. Which I thought was particularly thin and easily seen through.
Aging is the primary factor in oncology and the vast majority of cancer patients are elderly.
Okay. I'll spare you the sarcasm. What does this have to do with the strategy involved in eliminating cancer? Particularly for those where treatment is intended to prevent early death? To me it seems like this is completely irrelevant to this point.
But there is still something like twenty elderly cancer patients for one young.
I understand the data. Do you understand that the one young cancer patient does not want or need to hear this?
Thank you for respecting the rules of local debate.
"Do you understand that the one young cancer patient does not want or need to hear this?"
Well ... is this not actually sarcasm?
What made you think that I am either stupid or callous enough not to care about young cancer patients and their fear and need for support and treatment?
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Sweet. I'm off to get a pack of Marlboro's then.
The problem with that methodology is that a single patient could be counted in those statistics multiple times as they age and relapse.
Also your link points out the rates in younger people are increasing. Has cancer changed or has the environment?
No need to satirize the GP. "Secondary" does not mean "irrelevant".
It is unfortunately true that just by growing to be 80, regardles of how clean you eat and drink and breathe, your chances of developing any cancer are higher than by being a young moderate smoker. Aging is the primary factor in oncology and the vast majority of cancer patients are elderly.
Almost certainly the environment. But there is still something like twenty elderly cancer patients for one young.
That's just sarcasm not satirization. I choose that because he seemed to imply that my point was to be entirely ignored because of this data. Which I thought was particularly thin and easily seen through.
Okay. I'll spare you the sarcasm. What does this have to do with the strategy involved in eliminating cancer? Particularly for those where treatment is intended to prevent early death? To me it seems like this is completely irrelevant to this point.
I understand the data. Do you understand that the one young cancer patient does not want or need to hear this?
"Okay. I'll spare you the sarcasm."
Thank you for respecting the rules of local debate.
"Do you understand that the one young cancer patient does not want or need to hear this?"
Well ... is this not actually sarcasm?
What made you think that I am either stupid or callous enough not to care about young cancer patients and their fear and need for support and treatment?