[Nedusa]

I agree it looks a bad headline but two things:-

1. Since people are living longer statistically more of us will eventually succumb to Cancer in our old age, and to be honest Cancer treatments have improved dramatically in the last 50 years so much so that Cancer is not the automatic death sentence it used to be.

Caught early enough most Cancers have robust treatments that offer a chance of recovery or at least give the sufferer far more time than in previous years. With new treatments and therapies including Gene therapies and magic bullet targetted treatments now becoming available and a host of new Anti-Cancer drugs this disease is becoming far more treatable.

2. The reason also that more of us will develop cancer is because other killer diseases like heart disease and strokes have receded in recent years due to improved health and diet coupled with a range of drugs aimed at preventing these conditions from developing. Due to this again people obviously have to eventually die and Cancer seems to now have a larger share of this unfortunate statistic.

So overall it's not all doom and gloom, I for one would like to see far more money,resources and effort put into fighting Dementia like Alzheimers which destroys peoples lives but can still leave the sufferer physically able even though the mind has been ravaged.

Terrible disease and one that is on the increase.





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