Finally! A Medical Show that portrays cancer accurately

[89th]

Too bad the next line wasn't "Is he awake, I mean is he woke, so I can speak with him?"

[George K]

@89th said in Finally! A Medical Show that portrays cancer accurately:

"Is he awake, I mean is he woke, so I can speak with him?"

This is a medical show, not Star Wars Acolyte.

[Axtremus]

From the Journal of Clinical Oncology:

1. https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.22.02203
   Racism Does Not Cause Prostate Cancer, It Causes Prostate Cancer Death

2. https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.23.00502
   Racism Might Cause Prostate Cancer and Definitely Causes Excess Unemployment, Lost Wages, and Excess Cancer Deaths

:man-shrugging:

[Horace]

I guess you could write a new paper about every single malady it's possible to die from, and you wouldn't have to change a word beyond the name of the sickness.

[Axtremus]

I do wonder if the term “excess deaths” is accurate. If a certain malady is known to be terminal, perhaps it’s just a matter of “accelerated death” rather than “excess deaths.”

[LuFins Dad]

@Axtremus said in Finally! A Medical Show that portrays cancer accurately:

From the Journal of Clinical Oncology:

1. https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.22.02203
   Racism Does Not Cause Prostate Cancer, It Causes Prostate Cancer Death

2. https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.23.00502
   Racism Might Cause Prostate Cancer and Definitely Causes Excess Unemployment, Lost Wages, and Excess Cancer Deaths

:man-shrugging:

Obviously, these doctors fail to appreciate what happens when a minority internalizes the racism.

[LuFins Dad]

I suspect white cancer is caused by our guilt.

[Copper]

@Axtremus said in Finally! A Medical Show that portrays cancer accurately:

Racism Does Not Cause Prostate Cancer, It Causes Prostate Cancer Death

Sure, everyone knows that.

But you never hear anyone talk about the many diseases cured by racism.

Come on, fair is fair.

[LuFins Dad]

@Copper said in Finally! A Medical Show that portrays cancer accurately:

@Axtremus said in Finally! A Medical Show that portrays cancer accurately:

Racism Does Not Cause Prostate Cancer, It Causes Prostate Cancer Death

Sure, everyone knows that.

But you never hear anyone talk about the many diseases cured by racism.

Come on, fair is fair.

Yeah! Like Black Lung! You know how many Irish used to die from Black Lung Disease working in the mines? But once we started sending black guys in the mines the numbers dropped. Sure, black guys died, but it takes 10 of them to equal 1 white guy if the Constitution is still correct. So it’s a huge net win! Black Lung Mortality improved by 90%.

[LuFins Dad]

I’m not going to be able to run for schoolboard after that one, am I?

[Mik]

@LuFins-Dad you could try. Might be interesting.

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad said in Finally! A Medical Show that portrays cancer accurately:

I suspect white cancer is caused by our guilt.

It’s remarkable we still allow white blood cells to be the saviors of the body, too.