Word: cancer
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Deaths from cancer have increased in the past century because people are living longer, Cairns said, adding that cancer is a disease that primarily affects older people...
Cairns said scientists have succeeded in combatting only about 1 per cent of all cancers. "I have about the same probability of dying of cancer in the next year as my father had at my age," he said...
Cairns said a decline in infectious diseases occurred in the 19th century mainly because of improved nutrition, and not because of scientific discoveries. "There's a fairly good precedent for saying that cancer will be conquered by charges in life-style rather than by the actions of science," he said...
...cancer death rate for middle-aged Mormons living in California is about half as high as the cancer death rate for other middle-aged California whites, Cairns said. "It is quite plain that you can do something about it, because the Mormons have," he said...
Cairns cited statistics indicating cancer cells may be present in the body for many years before the disease becomes apparent. "In the case of lung cancer, there is a 20 to 25 year lag between people doing something to themselves, and getting the consequences," he said...