I think this fairly common idea - that oncology is 'failing' is due to a basic problem with science communication It's part of a broader trend of people saying that we are all getting less healthy Nothing could be further from the truthhttps://twitter.com/HarrlyQuinn/status/1065743549973581826 …
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The idea comes from headlines like this The idea is - more people than ever before are dying from cancer. Therefore, traditional cancer treatment is failing This is wrongpic.twitter.com/saZ6dGZKEc
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You see, cancer survivability has gone up exponentially


Your chances of surviving a cancer are in many cases more than double what they were a decade agopic.twitter.com/n6cc7h8bcv
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What's actually happening is that more people are GETTING cancer This means that more people are dying from cancerpic.twitter.com/wdnG3VdV4Z
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Why are more people getting cancer? In a word: aging Can't get bowel cancer at 75 if you're dead at 50!pic.twitter.com/Z4USSY5MK5
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As the population ages, diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease - which are all age-related - become more and more of an issue THIS IS A GOOD THING
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Cancer deaths AS A PROPORTION may be increasing, but ABSOLUTE cancer death risk is dropping dramatically
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We could also reduce the cancer death rate by cutting down smoking, alcohol and the like, but even then we are likely to see a higher proportion of cancer deaths in the future because age just makes it more likely to happen
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In general, life expectancy is continuing its steady march upwards, indicating that despite the scary headlines we are all stubbornly getting healthier every year
Something to celebrate 

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