http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/cancers-lonely-soldier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cancers-lonely-soldier Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/cancers-lonely-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-27309 joanne silberner Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=148985#comment-27309 I agree it's interesting! Cancer certainly is a western disease, and environmental exposures no doubt play a cause. It's also a developing country disease, and some of the triggers are the same (tobacco in China is a huge concern among global health experts). Some of the triggers are more common in poor countries. For example, indoor cooking fires are associated with nasopharyngeal, laryngeal, and lung cancers. And cancers associated with infectious organisms are more prevalent in developing countries -- you might be interested in "The Infectious Connection" http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/the-infectious-connection/, the fourth part of the series. --Joanne Silberner I agree it’s interesting! Cancer certainly is a western disease, and environmental exposures no doubt play a cause. It’s also a developing country disease, and some of the triggers are the same (tobacco in China is a huge concern among global health experts). Some of the triggers are more common in poor countries. For example, indoor cooking fires are associated with nasopharyngeal, laryngeal, and lung cancers. And cancers associated with infectious organisms are more prevalent in developing countries — you might be interested in “The Infectious Connection” http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/the-infectious-connection/, the fourth part of the series. –Joanne Silberner

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/cancers-lonely-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-27208 annaspeke Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=148985#comment-27208 So interesting... It used to be that we thought of cancer as a western disease, perhaps connected to our processed diet or inactive lifestyle or chemically-contaminated surroundings.  Does this mean that old paradigm is no longer true? Or is that still true, but now manifest in the types of cancer and their proportions within the population? Looking forward to understanding more pieces of the puzzle by listening to the rest of the series. Thank you for rich, thought-provoking medical storytelling. So interesting…
It used to be that we thought of cancer as a western disease, perhaps connected to our processed diet or inactive lifestyle or chemically-contaminated surroundings.  Does this mean that old paradigm is no longer true? Or is that still true, but now manifest in the types of cancer and their proportions within the population?
Looking forward to understanding more pieces of the puzzle by listening to the rest of the series.
Thank you for rich, thought-provoking medical storytelling.

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