Contrary to popular belief, cancer has been around for a long time. (skeletons have been found that show signs of cancer). The expected average lifespan in America is greater than ever. It's perfectly normal for DNA damage to build up in our cells as we age (leading to cancer). Also the cancer death rate has dropped 10% in the last decade. Total survival rate has double over the last 40 years. So that means that person will survive, as will the gene for hereditary cancers, which can be passed on more successfully simply because the person did not die.

who says cancer is more prevalent now? maybe were just getting better at detecting neoplasms that were always occurring? doesnt help that our average age is a lot higher than it used to be, as you age your chances of developing deleterious dna mutations increases no matter what (telomerase expression decreasing with age)

also acute untreatable cancers that occur in youth are rare, cancer diagnosis is likely most frequent in middle-old age, once people have had their kids anyway. skin and pediatric cases aside those predisposed genes are likely to be passed on anyway

Thread is full of win.

op is a shining example

Did a little reading/10

Don't embarrass yourself by trying to sum up something people devote literally their whole lives to.

If you want to learn about cancer, truly, google the hallmarks of cancer paper and its update and work from there.

This post was edited by Bubbler on Jul 18 2014 02:38pm

Sister has a friend over, she's white, has a ghetto booty and looks totally fuckable.

Problem, 17 years old.

thanks, now i know how to not get cancer









































die early

is this...realy a problem?...

Shameful attempt at lecturing...

I don't even