Cancer - 101

TW: Today’s episode is on cancer which will affect one in two people.I look at the different types, the variables that cause it, whether there are ways of preventing cancer and also why some cancers are common and others not. Links:How cancer starts: https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/cell-division-and-cancer-14046590/Why are cancers on the rise?: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/09/researchers-report-dramatic-rise-in-early-onset-cancers/The commonest cancers: https://www.healthline.com/health/most-common-cancersViruses and cancer: https://www.cancer.org/healthy/cancer-causes/infectious-agents/infections-that-can-lead-to-cancer/viruses.html David Servan-Schreiber, the author of *anti-cancer* (survived over 20 years after being given 3 months to live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VNjuBgHIAwRAS genes and signalling: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2019.00965/fullDr Carl June and CAR T cell therapy: https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2022/november/car-t-cell-therapy-reaches-beyond-cancerMacmillan Cancer Support: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.