libspero Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Not reallly. All male members of my family have died in comical piano winching accidents. You are the phantom of the opera and I claim my £5 worth of maniacal laughter from down in the catacombs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I must have good genes. Can only think of one person in my extended family who has had cancer. Including cousins etc. Big family - perhaps 20-30 people. Sounds quite unusual ? Perhaps not. I think about half of the population will get cancer in their lifetimes. I guess that means the other half will not. Probably not a surprise that those with similar genes/lifestyles will tend to either escape or be disproportionately affected. For example, one guy I know died of lung cancer aged 56, exactly as his father had. Hadn't smoked for 30 years. Not uncommon for breast cancer to run in families either. There's very little cancer in my family too. Only one of my grans - who got lung cancer in her late 70s after smoking 60 a day for around five decades. Given 3 months to live, she managed another 18 months of cruises and other holidays before pegging out. Everyone develops cancerous cells - but some people's bodies seem better at mopping them up before they become a problem. Some of that is likely down to luck, some down to their immune system (poss. a mix of lifestyle choices and genetics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 This research has been totally mangled by journos. No-one is differentiating between types of cancer - lung, bone, brain, etc. And the most likely cancer i.e. the ones that occur in the largest number. Yes, a large number of types of cancers are just bad luck. Or, would appear so, with the science at the mo. However, the majority of cancers are environment/life style. Lung cancers due to smoking is slowly dropping down due to fewer people smoking. Cancers connected to obesity are rising at a rapid click. You don't appear to get cancer from being obese, rather that being the side affects of being obese, mainly having loads of insulin slushing round your body gives a turbo boast to tumours that your body may have dealt with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveinHope Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Not reallly. All male members of my family have died in comical piano winching accidents. You're a politician and I claim my Fiver How many male members in your family, or how many piano winching accidents didn't make anyone laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Were the accidents comical or were the pianos comical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I must have good genes. Can only think of one person in my extended family who has had cancer. Including cousins etc. Big family - perhaps 20-30 people. Sounds quite unusual ? Depends whether any of these have ever made it past the age of 50 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenpig Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Well if you get testicular cancer in your 30s it is a f*cking stupid comment because the disease if treated ... You know that what counts as being "cured" in the medical universe actually involves cutting your testicle(s) off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveinHope Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 You know that what counts as being "cured" in the medical universe actually involves cutting your testicle(s) off? If I get testicular cancer at any age I'd have no problems having them cut off. I might freeze a sperm sample first. Could always fit some neuticles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Depends whether any of these have ever made it past the age of 50 ? Maybe one out of ten from those over 50 ? From everyone else I know - it does seem "light" on the cancer front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Orange Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Lung cancers due to smoking is slowly dropping down due to fewer people smoking. Lifestyle has an impact on genetics, but genetics is really the root cause, though Babyboomer generation women with their insanely widespread chain smoking habits appear to be going through a life expectancy crash, dying many years if not decades younger than many in their mothers' generation from cancer. Cancers connected to obesity are rising at a rapid click. You don't appear to get cancer from being obese, rather that being the side affects of being obese, mainly having loads of insulin slushing round your body gives a turbo boast to tumours that your body may have dealt with. Obesity doesn't help and causes many other health problems, but I don't see having the same risks as smoking in causing cancer. It's a very complex combination of lifestyle and environment merely compounding the completely arbitrary genetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinker Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The only model which gives increased power to politicians is the environmental one, therefore this is the model that will be promoted by the State , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Orange Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 And I must say I'm dreadfully sorry to hear about your wife succumbing to reoccurring cancer when still very young, buckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 My wife got a particularly nasty breast cancer prognosis in her late thirties. She did the surgery, chemo and radio and it all looked good for a while. She's recently (11 years later) had it come back almost everywhere, but the treatment she had back then gave her a decade she would not have had, and mostly in perfect health. She's not having treatment this time (it's not a fight that can be won) but we are lucky enough to have an oncologist who is prepared to give it to her straight. I think doctors sometimes get carried away with it all and try anything/everything. I'm very sorry to hear this, buckers. Best wishes to you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 We all have to die of something, so considering we seem to make progress in reducing mortality due to many non-cancerous diseases and accidents, I wonder if higher cancer rates are due to people living longer enough to eventually get cancer instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corevalue Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Yep, my cancer is due to my bad luck that the government of the time decided not to warn the public that exposure to asbestos was not a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Yep, my cancer is due to my bad luck that the government of the time decided not to warn the public that exposure to asbestos was not a good idea. I'm sorry to hear that. That is real bad 'luck'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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