You get cancer and I don’t. NEENER NEENER NEENER…. or something. In case you missed it, those of us with MS have a reduced for most cancers.
The risk of cancer (overall and specifically including cancers of the stomach, pancreas, lung, ovary, prostate, and lymphoma) was reduced by about 10% in people with MS compared to controls, particularly among women. However, the investigators also found that the risk of brain tumors and urinary cancers was increased, noting the possibility that some of this may relate to the increased surveillance and diagnostic workups such as MRI that people with MS are more likely to have compared to those without MS, There were no increased or decreased cancer risks for parents of people with MS compared with parents of controls, arguing against any simple inherited characteristic.
Like brain cancer is any different than MS anyway… puleeease.
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1 Ivy // Mar 31, 2009 at 4:36 am
Thanks for sharing this! I hadn’t seen it. What a great positive spin on MS. I (potentially) have a “tumor defense mechanism!” That’s kind of neat.
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2 punkrockfairy // Mar 31, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Sweet. ‘Bout time we caught a break.
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