I've survived it and I think it was pretty impressive that someone was able to work out how to use BCG and get an immune response to tackle my Bladder Cancer. A bit like the first person to see a Cow's udder and think "I wonder if I can drink what comes out of there?" But I digress.
I watched the Cancer Research UK Advert the other day and it now states that 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime. As an official 'old git', I recall not only when they said it was 1 in 3 but also when it was 1 in 4. So, what is it? If it is really 1 in 2 people a 50% chance or more likely a 1 in 4 or 25% chance. This 1 in 2 figure is for countries like UK, USA and so on. Elsewhere it is more like 1 in 5 or 1 in 4 some say that is down to detection rates and lifestyle without doubt.
So here, there are a lot fewer people who smoke now and we have a higher standard of living almost zero pollution (you had to live through the 60s and the smoke filled air) and so why on earth is cancer on the rise like this?
I'd like to hazard a guess that the way we eat has a lot to do with it. Look at photos from the 60s and 70s and we were all skinny and fit as a Butcher's Dog! Now, we all look like relatives of Mr. Blobby! Certainly I don't see 50% of my friends with Cancer. Just thinking it through there's probably more likely 1 in 10 I'd say.
Diabetes worries me as that is going up and up and no one seems to add 2 + 2 and get anywhere near the right number on that. We can quite clearly see why there is diabetes and obesity and yet nothing is actually done to prevent it. As type 2 it can (generally) be reversed but maybe it is more profitable to treat the symptoms than addressing the cause?
Prevention rather than cure but there's no money in that. Always follow the money!
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