Was recently looking into this and the data around cancer rates requires a lot of context that’s not necessarily given on its own.
– Cancer diagnosis rates have risen massively over the past few decades, while deaths have more or less been flat (or slightly declining)
– While environmental factors play a part in the rise of cancer, if you look at the death rate & diagnosis rate, another explanation is that more cancer that wouldn’t kill you is being diagnosed.
That leads to spooky headlines like the above. A cardiologist on youtube has a really solid video on this and provides references that I’ve linked below.
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Alcohol and poor diet?
Unfortunately, every year in Ireland, radon causes about ~350 cases of lung cancer…
[https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/Radon?&lid=EPA:RadonRiskMapofIreland](https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/Radon?&lid=EPA:RadonRiskMapofIreland)
Was recently looking into this and the data around cancer rates requires a lot of context that’s not necessarily given on its own.
– Cancer diagnosis rates have risen massively over the past few decades, while deaths have more or less been flat (or slightly declining)
– While environmental factors play a part in the rise of cancer, if you look at the death rate & diagnosis rate, another explanation is that more cancer that wouldn’t kill you is being diagnosed.
That leads to spooky headlines like the above. A cardiologist on youtube has a really solid video on this and provides references that I’ve linked below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNzQ_sLGIuA