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  • well they are finding forever-chemical and micro-plastics in all freshwater in the USA now and even in ALL mother's milk

    so safe bet that cancer rates are never going to be lower than they are today

    remember US also just deregulated all pollution from power plants, funded re-starting coal plants and dropped car engine efficiency requirements

    oh they are also trying to double oil-fracking output which toxifies groundwater and air for miles around it with offgassing

    every rocket launch and deorbit by starlink et all also put toxic pollution into the atmosphere

    so next decade should end well for cancer rates

    by ck2
  • If you haven't gotten your HPV vaccine yet—go get it. One of the easiest interventions you can take to reduce your cancer risk.
    by jobs_throwaway
  • Is it 100% clear cut that the infection causes the cancer, or can there be a common problem (like immune system degradation) that causes both the infection to develop (or develop easier) and the cancer the grow (which always involves failure of the immune system to kill it, if I'm not mistaken)?

    Many viri are present in many human beings, but they don't develop cancer after all.

    by hobo123
  • The paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2...
    by flopsamjetsam
  • >For many people, sun exposure, smoking and family history are the first thoughts that come to mind regarding cancer risk factors. While infections are rarely high on the list, new research shows one in eight cancers worldwide are actually caused by them.

    To be fair... Smoking increases your chance of infection significantly.

    by johnnyApplePRNG
  • It's interesting that up until the 1970s, viral infections were the predominant theory for the cause of cancer (this is before my time so apologies if I'm exaggerating). This was due to discoveries like src, ras, EBV, etc, so a lot of these carcinogenic pathogens were well known and studied. It wasn't until several discoveries in the 70s and 80s that we started focusing more scientifically on genetic drivers. But it's not like these infectious drivers went away, even if they are no longer as strongly associated with the disease in the public conscious.
    by lofatdairy
  • https://www.oatext.com/which-environment-makes-cancer.php

    Always a good read, most cancers are environmental, and most of these are caused by obesity, bad diet and smoking/drinking, fix these four things in your life and you reduce your chances of getting cancer by 50%+

    by toasty228

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