Why it seems that cancer is so much prevalent nowadays than in the old ages? Is that due to our habits?
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>Is that due to our habits?
Indirectly, yes, absolutely, that’s the primary reason why cancer is more prevalent.
Our habits allow us to live much longer, on average, which not only gives far more chances for cancer to occur but also makes that cancer far more likely to develop to become a problem before something else kills us.
This effect is then amplified by our ability to both diagnose and treat cancer, meaning that the people that get it spend *far* more time knowing they have it, on average, which makes it seem even more prevalent.
This effect is then again amplified even further by our habits like “using the internet to share what’s happening in our lives”.
Oh yeah and finally the whole discovering the new world and tobacco and industrial farming has led to some habits that have directly increased the prevalence of cancer by a few percent over the last few centuries, but by comparison that’s barely a blip.
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