Questions tagged [cancer]
Blanket term for a class of diseases in which cells lose the function called apoptosis" and continue to grow uncontrolled. Can also refer to the study of this uncontrolled growth, as well as its invasion and/or destruction of other tissues which is known as metastasis. The term "cancer" covers hundreds of different conditions.
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Was a study of uterine cancer conducted solely on male subjects?
According to a 1986 article in the Chicago Tribune:
Researchers [at Rockefeller University] are studying the effects of obesity on estrogen activity and the tendency for women to develop breast and ...
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Are vegetable oils "worse" for your health than cigarettes?
There are several Tiktok videos going around claiming that 'vegetable oils are worse for your health than cigarettes'.
For example: TikTok user @thebenazadi said in a 2020 TikTok that Professor Brian ...
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Do 80 to 90 percent of lifelong smokers never develop lung cancer?
Joshua Hawkins of BGR.com has stated that 80 to 90 percent of lifelong smokers never develop lung cancer.
To quote the article:
Scientists may have discovered why lifelong smokers never get lung ...
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Can wood dust cause cancer?
From https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/fact-sheets/wood-dust
Wood dust is on the Proposition 65 list because it can cause cancer.
Exposure to wood dust in significant amounts on a recurring basis can ...
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Are all Oreo-cookie ingredients listed in accordance with EU ingredient labelling regulations?
I have read in several places about the claim that Oreo cookies may be using titanium dioxide in their preparation. This additive, although widely used, has been recently under the suspicion of ...
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Was Eddie Van Halen's tongue cancer caused by metal guitar picks?
Eddie Van Halen was diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2000. He attributed the cancer to his habit of holding metal guitar picks, made from brass and copper, in his mouth. He was declared cancer-free in ...
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Does synthetic vitamin C contribute to the formation of genotoxins that can lead to cancer?
While researching Vitamin C supplements, I noticed dozens of people outraged about various companies slipping in "synthetic vitamin c" (ascorbic acid). From what I can tell this aversion ...
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What happenned at Ripon - Weston Elementary School [closed]
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Did the radio tower cause the cancer? - There is little evidence that radio towers in general cause cancer.
Tests reveal carcinogen (TCE) in tap water but carcinogen is 10x lower than ...
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Do vaccines against childhood diseases leave the immune system less capable of fighting cancer?
I recently saw someone post this NSFW screenshot image about vaccines in a discussion about the COVID-19 outbreak. It is a screenshot from this NSFW 4chan thread.
The anonymous poster argues that ...
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Is Radio Frequency Radiation carcinogenic at the FCC's 1996 exposure limits?
A 2019 Scientific American blog article, We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe, by Joel M. Moskowitz, warns about the safety of 5G wireless technology.
Yet, since [the 1980s], the preponderance of ...
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Do "Rife machines" cure cancer?
The book The Cancer Cure That Worked: 50 Years of Suppression (ISBN 978-0982513866), by Barry Lynes, claims that:
there are Rife instruments which, combined with dedicated practitioners and ...
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Is there reliable evidence that depleted uranium from the 1999 NATO bombing is causing cancer in Serbia?
This year is the 20th anniversary of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia/Serbia. At the moment, Serbian media outlets are focused on claims that depleted uranium in NATO bombs used during the bombardment ...
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Does smoking one joint give as much exposure to cancer-producing chemicals as smoking four to five cigarettes?
I was linked to a website from Parenting Stack Exchange called drugfreeworld. I then browsed around a bit, and I found this interesting line on the Marijuana page:
Aside from the discomfort that ...
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Is drinking a half-bottle of wine a night ‘as bad as three cigarettes’
A recent study on the cancer risks of drinking alcohol has been widely reported in news headlines. The Times headline is:
Half-bottle of wine a night ‘as bad as three cigarettes’
The BBC summarise ...
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Does eating organic food reduce your cancer risk?
CNN (and just about every other news source) report the results of a new study on the effects of eating organic food:
You can protect yourself from cancer by eating organic, a new study suggests. ...
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Is Roundup weed killer carcinogenic?
Monsanto have been found liable for the terminal cancer of a former groundskeeper exposed to glyphosate and other chemicals in their Roundup herbicidal product.
On Friday, a California jury hit ...
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Do diets containing meat and milk cause a large proportion of breast cancer?
Kristi Funk is a breast cancer surgeon, famous (I assume) for treating Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow (I assume these are famous people). She has a new book to promote and has been doing publicity for ...
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Do US Pharma firms have an incentive to develop useless cancer drugs?
An economic analysis of cancer drug approvals in the USA was recently published.
Drug regulators’ acceptance of any statistically significant improvement shown in a single randomized trial and ...
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Are blue lights giving people cancer?
A recent article in Gizmodo reports:
Researchers have linked the modern form of LED street lighting to higher rates of breast and prostate cancer, in a grim development that could have ...
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Would eliminating cancer only change the average lifespan by 2.5 years?
On https://youtu.be/wiAnk3pt-Lc?t=44m00s Curt Ficenec claims that:
If you eliminate cancer, you would only change the average lifespan by 2.5 years
The same claim was made by David Sinclair in ...
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Can 'resonant frequencies' kill cancer cells?
According to some guy called Anthony Holland, you can kill cancer cells with resonant frequencies:
"Cancer Research", Novobiotronics;
"Shattering cancer with resonant frequencies: Anthony Holland at ...
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Are the majority of modern cancer drugs useless?
Cancer is one of those diseases that cause dread in its victims and their families. Though many are treatable or even curable, many others are not and there is great pressure on medics to offer any ...
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Was it only Johnson & Johnson which hid the link between its Talcum powder and Cancer risk? [closed]
Recently a woman successfully sued Johnson & Johnson for not giving enough warnings about the Cancer causing risks of its baby powder. But why only Johnson & Johnson? Do other Talcum powder ...
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Does female genital mutilation reduce the risk of a woman's partner getting HPV?
If you love your husband
Get yourself circumcised
Because the germs under your prepuce
Can reach his mouth when he pleasures your clitoris
And cause him oral cancer
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Do elephants rarely get cancer?
According to Hope fights childhood cancer:
Elephants have 40 cancer fighting proteins in their DNA which means they rarely get cancer
This immediately made me think of the false claims that sharks ...
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Does drinking distilled kerosene cure cancer?
Recently one of my close relatives were diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. An alternative medicine specialist recommended drinking distilled kerosene.
This appears to be a common therapy:
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Do hot peppers kill cancer?
While browsing Health.SE, I came across an answer that makes the following claim:
A 2007 study by Nottingham University2 found that spicy foods can help kill cancer cells. Capsaicin, which is what ...
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Is eating processed meat as bad as smoking for causing cancer?
I recently saw this posted on social media; it caused quite a stir, with over 200 comments from people debating the veracity of the claims.
“It’s funny how people get outraged at parents putting ...
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Are two thirds of cancer mutations random and unavoidable?
The internet is full of cures for cancer and the medical literature (and many newspaper headlines) are full of claims about which specific lifestyle factors make cancer more likely. Some cancers are ...
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"For generations it was considered improper to die of cancer"?
In On the Accuracy of Economic Observations (1963, 2e, p. 23), Oskar Morgenstern claims that
for generations it was considered improper to die of cancer, hence little mention of this disease.
I ...
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Is GcMAF effective against Cancer and Autism?
There is a glycoprotein globulin made naturally in the human body called Gc protein-derived macrophage activating factor, or GcMAF for short.
Recently, it's become one of those purported "miracle ...
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Will half of the human population born in 1960 develop cancer?
It is well known that the incidence of cancer is increasing due to a lower fraction of deaths from other causes. However, there are many articles (probably sharing the same source) stating that the ...
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Lung cancer due to inhaling oily steam in the restaurant kitchen for a long period of time
There is a rumour which states that chefs increase their likelihood of developing lung cancer if they work for long periods of time in the kitchen with oily steam.
Does anybody here have such ...
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Do aluminum-based antiperspirants cause cancer?
Some people claim that the aluminium in antiperspirants can cause cancer.
For example, Mercola.com:
Putting on antiperspirant is a routine part of most people's day, and you may not think much ...
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Does iodine prevent cancer?
I have recently found claims that iodine can prevent cancer. Eg:
breast cancer
a variety of cancers
"especially in breasts, ovaries, uterus, prostate and thyroid gland"
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Do married cancer patients have lower death rates than single cancer patients?
This article posted on a Russian news portal claims that American scientists have found a beneficial effect of marriage at treating cancer:
Как сообщает Lifenews со ссылкой на The Washington Post, ...
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Are artificial football pitches linked to cancer?
There is a lot of weather in the UK and this interacts with normal grass pitches used for sports such as soccer and rugby to cause the pitches to be unplayable. As a response many teams have adopted ...
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Did just 18 people die from prostate cancer in Japan in 1958?
The vegan diet advocacy film Forks Over Knives (2011) claims that in 1958, there were just 18 deaths from prostate cancer in Japan, but 14.000 such deaths in the United States, which had about twice ...
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Does low-dose radiation from X-rays or CT scans cause cancer?
Some researchers claim that, despite wide belief, that exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation (LDIR) from computed tomography (CT) and X-ray medical imaging scans does not cause cancer.
Jeffrey ...
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Are organic vegetables higher in carcinogens?
My common senses would have told me that organic vegetables are healthier and less harmful compared to vegetables treated with pesticides. A recent post on Quora made me think otherwise.
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Has first cancer case been directly confirmed to Fukushima cleanup?
Slashdot reports First Cancer Case Confirmed From Fukushima Cleanup:
Following on from reports of elevated levels of child cancer and 1,600 civilians deaths from the evacuation, this is the first ...
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Are child thyroid cancer rates around Fukushima 20—50x higher?
According to Researcher: Children's cancer linked to Fukushima radiation
By YURI KAGEYAMA Oct. 8, 2015 4:25 AM EDT
A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns have been ...
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Does low-intensity radio-frequency radiation lead to cancer? [duplicate]
A recent review article, Oxidative mechanisms of biological activity of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation reached a surprising conclusion
our analysis demonstrates that low-intensity RFR [...
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Are the methods and conclusions of the study "Clear connection between wireless devices and cancer, experts say" sound?
The article, no longer linked at Science Daily, by is summarized:
A metabolic imbalance caused by radiation from your wireless devices could be the link to a number of health risks, such as various ...
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Does Frankincense cure cancer?
I saw this implausible claim today:
Even scientists now recognize the power agents that exist within some essential oils which stops cancer spreading, and which induces cancerous cells to close ...
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Is Sodium Nitrite (food additive e250) carcinogenic?
Reading a recent news article about a Dutch fish processing firm using Sodium Nitrite for white fish processing I learned that the additive is associated with a higher risk of cancer when used in ...
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Is CancerTutor.com reliable? [closed]
CancerTutor.com claims to be a website for "alternative" cancer treatments, denouncing standard treatments like chemotherapy or radiation.
From the first glance, it seems like your typical quackery ...
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Does baby powder cause ovarian cancer?
There has been an article circulating on social media which says that a 1982 study implicates baby powder usage in ovarian cancer.
As early as 1982, studies have shown a link between baby powder ...
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What is the *causal* link between smoking and lung cancer? [closed]
I have been discussing smoking with a fellow who states that for all the decades of study of the tobacco leaf, still nobody has managed to find what part of the process of smoking the tobacco leaf ...
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If smoking causes lung cancer, why has a decline in smoking not led to a decline in lung cancer?
According to the CDC, smoking prevalence among US adults (18+) has decreased quite a bit over the years:
1974: 37.1% of the population
1980: 33.2
1990: 25.5
2000: 23.3
2010: 19.3
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