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- serif69, on 10/23/2008, -0/+18We should give lung cancer its own ribbon. I propose a white ribbon. With an orange filter.
- roddack, on 10/23/2008, -0/+17Anyone else ever notice Lung Cancer is like the only cancer that doesn't have a little ribbon? That's because everyone sees lung cancer as a punishment and not something that needs to be cured.
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+16***** CANCER
- d2002, on 10/23/2008, -1/+17Go science!
- shutaro, on 10/23/2008, -2/+16No cure? I'm very disappointed in you, Digg.
- Drkgodess, on 10/23/2008, -0/+11This is really great. It's not a cure, but certainly a step in the right direction. The likelihood of surviving lung cancer is just 11-15%. The likelihood of surviving breast cancer is 88%. We need to learn more about this type of cancer because it is the among the deadliest forms.
- rocor, on 10/23/2008, -0/+7Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Gene Mutation, and I am here to promote lung cancer.
- chillin34nick, on 10/23/2008, -0/+7Nice! Now I can smoke all the cigarettes I want! YAY Thank you scientists
- ceredon, on 10/23/2008, -1/+6Everyone wants a magic pill to solve all of their problems. Ok, here is the best medically endorsed method of preventing the vast majority of lung cancer cases:
stop smoking. Startling and incredible, I know. - Desolite, on 10/23/2008, -1/+6this is indeed good news. my mom passed away from lung cancer almost a year ago- no one should have to go through that suffering. you just can't catch your breath... ever.
- SisyphusFragmnt, on 10/23/2008, -0/+5Well "***** you" too evolution!
- dieboldcracy, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4we have enough population explosion as is, now what
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4Do me a favor and see how many you can smoke at one time. Try for 10. I believe in you. You can do this!
- starcasm, on 10/23/2008, -1/+5Is there a smoking gene?
- Rivetgeek, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4Why? Cyanide isn't illegal. Neither is booze. Both can kill you if you abuse it. People have been smoking for hundreds of years, but up until the late 50's lung cancer was almost unheard of. Why? Because people used to smoke far less. Maybe one or two a day. Now the average is a pack a day.
- Hetman, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4I am sure someone does have them. But just like heroin/cocaine and every other illegal drugs, they would just be smuggled in from the Canada and Mexican border. We need to end the war on drugs, not start a new one. Prevention and counseling is the best way to end our drug problem. Making them illegal will cause more harm than good.
- Rivetgeek, on 10/23/2008, -1/+5+23 internets to you, sir.
- Astroseksy, on 10/24/2008, -0/+4p53.
- roddack, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4hehe i like it
- polarbobbear, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4Well that's a step in the right direction. I'm gonna go have a smoke.
- doiveo, on 10/23/2008, -2/+5You could solve and cure just about anything with just Digg titles.
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -1/+4There is a group of doctors that believe they have found a cure. It has something to do with targeting the proteins that the cancer feeds on. They're called CAMEO or something. Here's a video thta explains it a little better than I can :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7Kp_TapA4
- Myonosken, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3Promote is the key word here. It doesn't say allow.
- shutaro, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3We have a cure for that! *prints up some new lungs*
- dpalmer, on 10/23/2008, -3/+6There is no such thing as a "cure for cancer." I hate when people talk about the cure for cancer. There is early detection (which involves genetic testing for predisposition and better tumor markers so you can catch it early) and there are improvements in treatment at various stages in the development of a malignancy. You can't cure the fact that some genetic mutations may occur as cells continuously replicate... and that some of these mutations may lead to malignancy.
On another note, if you really want a "cure" for adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, tell people to stop ***** smoking. - inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3Gene Siskel.
- CrackyJSquirrel, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3Which is a sad situation, because my mother in law died from it and wasn't a smoker.
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3That is a great point, roddack. I've often wondered why certain diseases get more press than others. Why, for example, is so much attention given to breast cancer when it is low on the list of most common and deadliest cancers? Many more people die from heart disease than all the cancers combined, but there's no ribbon for that. It seems that the focus and money should be directed at the deadliest and most common diseases, but I guess it's not PC. I've noticed a trend that the illnesses that grab the most attention and money tend to be the ones that are mostly suffered by women and minorities. Just an observation.
- athomasUF, on 10/24/2008, -0/+3BurningSand, that's obvious, but the #1 cause (far and away) of cancer deaths is smoking. Lung cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer, 90% of lung cancer is due to smoking, and lung cancer is more difficult to detect early compared to the #2, #3, and #4 killers (colon, breast, prostate).
- gavinonymous, on 10/23/2008, -1/+3throw cash at it... lots of it. pick a really big number, say $700 billion or so.
- Arkz, on 10/23/2008, -2/+4why cant we have cool gene mutations? i wanna be able to fly dammit!
- gavinonymous, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2Gene Wagendorf III appears to be smoking?
http://osfrjournal.blogspot.com/2008/08/featured-p ... - athomasUF, on 10/24/2008, -0/+2The NIH fund for cancer research (proactive) is a paltry $5B from the government. That sounds like a lot but we spend 15 times that much on treatment (reactive).
- dext3r, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2No, fool. Its never lupus.
- emberjohn, on 10/23/2008, -2/+4Dear Scientists - U guys Rock!
- athomasUF, on 10/24/2008, -0/+2Yes, 10% of lung cancers are unrelated to smoking. However, that means that 90% are. So take away cigarettes and you have eliminated 90% of the cases of the most deadly type of cancer.
I know it's tempting to cite a few cases to disprove the majority, but try to keep things in perspective. - fatefuldreams, on 10/23/2008, -1/+327. Joe Camel
- athomasUF, on 10/24/2008, -0/+2Cancer (cumulatively) is now passing heart disease in annual mortality in the US.
- DestroyFascism, on 10/23/2008, -1/+3So I can't sell DDT which causes cancer and gene defects but I can sell the poison that is cigarettes to anyone? The government sanctions it and the legal system to date has protected it - on appeal. Love the way the world works, you guys suck!
- evanfp, on 10/23/2008, -2/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Reeve
Christopher Reeves' wife died of lung cancer...never smoked cigarettes. How would "stop smoking" have saved her? That's what I thought. - inactive, on 10/24/2008, -0/+1Yes, but in many cases, AIDS is preventable, and it's the #1 most funded disease in the world, though 7th on the list of deadliest.
- shutaro, on 10/23/2008, -2/+3And we'll never have a cure, with that attitude.
- Disgod, on 10/23/2008, -1/+2The reason why we don't see more cures yet is because this type research is still pretty much brand new. It wasn't until the late 80s and into the 90s that genetic testing really became a major force in the study of diseases. Scientists only finished mapping out the human genome in 2003. Just give it a decade or two and you'll be shocked at what will be happening in the field of genetics.
- amenhotep, on 10/23/2008, -1/+2AKA AIDS?
- elipabst, on 10/24/2008, -0/+1There are plenty of potential ways to "cure" cancer. You could come up with an engineered virus that selectively targets cancer cells and say starts expressing tumor suppressor genes. Is that realistically possible now? No, but so was nuclear power 200 years ago when people were sailing around the globe spearing whales for oil to power their lamps. Identifying these genes is just the first step.
- Rivetgeek, on 10/26/2008, -0/+1because aids can spread. Cancer doesnt.
- BurningSand, on 10/24/2008, -0/+1athomasUF, I know-- my husband--Tom--died from it six years ago this week at the age of 43. There are many forms of lung cancer, and he had one of the rarest--a Pancoast tumor. Would love to see more progress in lung cancer research. Also folks, lung cancer does have a ribbon--it's 'clear', and November is lung cancer awareness month.
- BurningSand, on 10/24/2008, -0/+1Smoking isn't the only cause of lung cancer, I've known people that never smoked but died from lung cancer. Early detection is great if you can afford the testing, and a lot of people can't...
- aslanbash, on 02/03/2009, -0/+1@ dat34 you can find all about lung cancer treatment here: http://treatmentnews.blogspot.com
- Rivetgeek, on 10/24/2008, -0/+1Heart disease, like lung cancer, is thought of as a preventable disease. True or not, that is the stigma atttahced
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