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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Do aluminum-based antiperspirants cause cancer?
Some people claim that the aluminium in antiperspirants can cause cancer.
For example, Mercola.com:
Putting on antiperspirant is a routine part of most people's day, and you may not think much about it. But here's why you should: if you use one…
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Are the methods and conclusions of the study "Clear connection between wireless devices and cancer, experts say" sound?
The article, no longer linked at Science Daily, by is summarized:
A metabolic imbalance caused by radiation from your wireless devices could be the link to a number of health risks, such as various neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, a recent…
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Do fish oil or omega-3 fatty acids increase the risk of cancer?
A retrospective study came out that found a correlation between increased blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids and increased incidence of prostate cancer.
The skeptical responses I've seen come from those who tend to promote dietary…
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Are tattoos (particularly Japanese) carcinogenic and do they prevent sweating?
I was reading an interview with Jake Adelstein, a Yakuza expert, who says this:
Also the tattoos. Like, you can see on the cover of this book and the back of this book - see, one of the things they tend to do is get these full-body tattoos which…
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Does synthetic vitamin C contribute to the formation of genotoxins that can lead to cancer?
While researching Vitamin C supplements, I noticed dozens of people outraged about various companies slipping in "synthetic vitamin c" (ascorbic acid). From what I can tell this aversion might have started from a westonaprice.org article that…
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Does drinking distilled kerosene cure cancer?
Recently one of my close relatives were diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. An alternative medicine specialist recommended drinking distilled kerosene.
This appears to be a common therapy:
Rethinking Cancer, loosely cites a newspaper 'TAGO',…
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Does iodine prevent cancer?
I have recently found claims that iodine can prevent cancer. Eg:
breast cancer
a variety of cancers
"especially in breasts, ovaries, uterus, prostate and thyroid gland"
and many more sites. Wikipedia states:
Whether iodine/iodide will be…
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Is Sodium Nitrite (food additive e250) carcinogenic?
Reading a recent news article about a Dutch fish processing firm using Sodium Nitrite for white fish processing I learned that the additive is associated with a higher risk of cancer when used in processing white fish. An English source…
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Does cooking with extra virgin olive oil cause cancer?
Many health websites suggest a substitute for cooking oil as olive pomace oil. Some also say that extra virgin olive oil can be used for cooking. I can't remember when but a newspaper featured that cooking with extra virgin olive oil (specifically)…
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Does eating raw garlic prevent lung cancer?
CBC News reports a study by the journal “Cancer Prevention Research” that eating raw garlic cuts the “risk of lung cancer by 44 per cent”.
I haven’t heard of this journal, but the methodology reported in the news story states the results are from…
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Can eating the right foods avoid BRCA1 breast cancer?
NaturalNews.com has an article entitled How Angelina Jolie was duped by cancer doctors into self mutilation for breast cancer she never had (emphasis in original)
But the really sad part about all this is that Angelina Jolie was lied
to. She…
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Do ripe bananas combat abnormal cells and cancer?
According to Japanese Scientific Research, full ripe banana with dark patches on yellow skin produces a substance called TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor) which has the ability to combat abnormal cells. The more darker patches it has the higher will be…
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Are Instant Noodles bad for people's health?
I have often heard people saying that instant noodles are bad for our bodies, because they contain a wax coating and wax causes Cancer.
First: do noodles contain a wax coating?
Second: Is it true that wax causes Cancer?
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Do tanning beds cause cancer? Does their risk outweigh the risks of vitamin D deficiency in northern countries?
For a long time I've heard that tanning beds cause cancer. Here a quote from an article on MSNBC in 2009:
International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming…
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Are vegetable oils "worse" for your health than cigarettes?
There are several Tiktok videos going around claiming that 'vegetable oils are worse for your health than cigarettes'.
For example: TikTok user @thebenazadi said in a 2020 TikTok that Professor Brian Peskin of MIT told him that 'research would…
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