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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 5 Jan 2014

    Superb short article puts cancer into evolutionary & epidemiological perspective- Why Everyone Seems to Have Cancerhttp://nyti.ms/1cxpaZo 

    6:29 AM - 5 Jan 2014
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      1. Sir Ciarán Devane‏ @ciarandevane 5 Jan 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        A US version of the rising cancer incidence story which sees lifetime risk approaching 1 in 2 by 2020. HT @sapinker http://nyti.ms/1cxpaZo 

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      2. Stephen Landry‏ @landryst 5 Jan 2014
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        Superb NYT article puts cancer into epidemiological perspective- Why Everyone Seems to Have Cancer http://nyti.ms/1cxpaZo  MT @sapinker

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      3. Mark Gerstein‏ @MarkGerstein 7 Jan 2014
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        .@landryst Why Everyone Seems to Have #Cancer: because we're not getting heart disease! Correctable statistically? http://nyti.ms/1cxpaZo 

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      1. Jon Kitching‏ @radiographyuk 10 Jan 2014
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        “@sapinker: Superb short article puts cancer into evolutionary & epidemiological perspective http://nyti.ms/1cxpaZo ”

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      1. JayMan‏ @JayMan471 5 Jan 2014
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        .@sapinker Too bad it doesn't mention the possibility of infections underlying many, and perhaps most cancers.

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      1. One data at a time ⚛️‏ @curtispokrant 5 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker "The median age of cancer death is 72. We live long enough for it to get us."

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      1. Dave Seibert‏ @littlesigh 22 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Good article but not enough said about metabolic theories of cancer http://www.singlecausesinglecure.org 

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      1. Just another philosopher peasant‏ @another_peasant 9 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @DanielleFong Nanorobots scan for cancer cells, then setup perimeter to starve/weaken them to be killed by IS. Cyborgs beat cancer

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      1. Gaythia Weis‏ @GaythiaWeis 7 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @keithkloor My granite quarrymen ancestors died of TB instead of/before? cancer. Who can say. No Xray.

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      1. George Johnson‏ @byGeorgeJohnson 7 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Thank you.

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      1. Caring Capitalist‏ @caringcapitalis 6 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Apparently some people far less likely to get Cancer... http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=defective-growth-gene-in-dwarfism …

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      1. Stewart Smith‏ @stewartpatterns 6 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @torontomush yep, this was enlightening! Reassuring, even.

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      1. Robert McClymont‏ @BobMcClymont 6 Jan 2014
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        RT @sapinker: Superb short article puts cancer into evolutionary epidemiological perspective- http://ow.ly/29YJ6s  It gets us in the end

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      1. Edward Anthony Rayne‏ @rayne_ea 5 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker The article's in fact rather lowbrow & pessimistic.Will Cancer be beaten? For sure. And Death too. And that's not science fiction.

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      1. (((londonnw8)))‏ @londonnw8 5 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @DAaronovitch doesn't explain why so many in 40s and 50s dying from it now?

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      1. Andreas B. Olsson‏ @monoxus 5 Jan 2014
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        Should I be so lucky to die of #cancer...in 150 y time. “@sapinker: [.]Why Everyone Seems to Have Cancer http://nyti.ms/1cxpaZo ” #Evolution

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      1. Benjamin Lebwohl‏ @BenjaminLebwohl 5 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker yes excellent, but the piece underplays dementia as a potentially dominant player as we work to prevent other chronic diseases.

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      1. Jason Squires‏ @squiresjl8 5 Jan 2014
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        +1 article of the day MT“@sapinker: Superb short article puts cancer into evolutionary & epidemiological perspective http://nyti.ms/1cxpaZo ”

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      1. Eduardo Alvarez‏ @EdAlvarezB 5 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Thanks, well worth spending one of NYTs free access articles

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