Blanket term for a class of diseases in which cells lose the function called apoptosis" and continue to grow uncontrolled. Can also refer to the study of this uncontrolled growth, as well as its invasion and/or destruction of other tissues which is known as metastasis. The term "cancer" covers hundreds of different conditions.
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Is coffee anti-cancerous?
http://www.energyfiend.com/caffeinated-coffee-the-anti-cancer-wonder-drug
The above URL claims:
Study after study has been showing the cancer fighting properties of coffee because of the rich antioxidants it contains.
I've seen this in various…
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Is white asbestos dangerous?
In this article in The Daily Telegraph it is claimed that large amounts of money are being spent to deal with white asbestos despite this substance posing no risk to human health.
It was in the 1950s that scientists including Professor Richard…
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Does living near a nuclear power plant cause cancer?
One man who believes that nuclear energy is bad for nature told me that living near to a nuclear power plant causes cancer.
I visited one nuclear power plant and they confirmed the words of our physics teacher that the atomic energy is good for…
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Do elephants rarely get cancer?
According to Hope fights childhood cancer:
Elephants have 40 cancer fighting proteins in their DNA which means they rarely get cancer
This immediately made me think of the false claims that sharks don't get cancer.
Is it true that elephants rarely…
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Did just 18 people die from prostate cancer in Japan in 1958?
The vegan diet advocacy film Forks Over Knives (2011) claims that in 1958, there were just 18 deaths from prostate cancer in Japan, but 14.000 such deaths in the United States, which had about twice Japan's population then.
The film goes on to…
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Does "dirty electricity" cause cancer?
Research by Magda Havas, Ph.D., of Trent University in Canada, and U.S. epidemiologist Samuel Milham, M.D., links something called “dirty electricity” with diabetes, malignant melanoma, and cancers of the breast, thyroid, uterus and lung. Dirty…
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Are political leaders from Latin America unusually prone to cancer?
Venezuela's entertaining president, Hugo Chavez, was recently reported to have speculated that the USA has developed a secret technology to give cancer to left-wing leaders in Latin America.
I think this claim is a little too crazy to merit…
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Is skin cancer the leading cause of cancer death of young adult women?
According to a Reuters article California state senator Ted Lieu said:
"If everyone knew the true dangers of tanning beds, they'd be shocked.
Skin cancer is a rising epidemic and the leading cause of cancer death
for women between 25 and…
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Was a study of uterine cancer conducted solely on male subjects?
According to a 1986 article in the Chicago Tribune:
Researchers [at Rockefeller University] are studying the effects of obesity on estrogen activity and the tendency for women to develop breast and uterine cancer. All the subjects being studied are…
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Are women who have had children less likely to get breast cancer?
We had a guest over for dinner who's step-mother had breast cancer some years ago. It was also mentioned that this woman had never had children, and both our guest and my wife related that they had the understanding that women who have never had…
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Do plant sterols prevent prostate cancer?
Not a day goes by without me hearing a "super mega beta prostate" (or some other similar product) commercial.
Super Beta Prostate is a natural prostate supplement made with beta-sitosterol designed to provide you with support for the following:
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Would eliminating cancer only change the average lifespan by 2.5 years?
On https://youtu.be/wiAnk3pt-Lc?t=44m00s Curt Ficenec claims that:
If you eliminate cancer, you would only change the average lifespan by 2.5 years
The same claim was made by David Sinclair in https://youtu.be/WglnKCJG9cw
Is that true?
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Does honey and cinnamon cure any diseases?
While I know the answer is no, I was baffled to see this posted on a friends Facebook page and figured this would be the best place to find the facts, that and I suck at research. I feel fallacies like this need to be fought with facts.
The claim…
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Did Lance Armstrong Have Cancer?
According to wikipedia:
In October 1996, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had
spread to his brain and lungs. His cancer treatments included brain
and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy. In February 1997,
he was declared…
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Does heat from a laptop cause cancer?
There are a lot of rumors that the heat from a laptop causes cancer.
But I haven't found a lot of proper citations in these articles. Would there be be anything else regarding putting your laptop on your lap causing cancer?
I don't mean the minor…
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