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Re: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Death Rates; Cancer Burden is Expected to Rise with an Aging Population



 From: "Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>



> Jerry and Floyd

> I think the issue is not that they are saying there will be increase in

> cancer risks.  Rather, there will be more cancers and the more people live

> into their eighty's.



Yup. That's what Jerry and Floyd said.



>The Baby Boomers represent a large proportion of the

> population.   As they die off, the total number of cancers will decrease.

> 

> -- John 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Flanigan, Floyd [mailto:Floyd.Flanigan@fernald.gov]

> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:22 AM

> To: 'Jerry Cohen'; Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); RadSafe

> Subject: RE: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Death

> Rate s; Cancer Burden is Expected to Rise with an Aging Population

> 

> 

> The amazing thing is , Jerry, that the longer you live the more likely it is

> that you have less time left to live! Statistics are so much fun! I am in

> total agreement with you on this one. Going to the time and expense of this

> study I would have expected something more in the arena of discovery. Let's

> see if we can save them some money by avoiding future fruitless studies.....

> The longer you spend standing in traffic the more likely you are going to

> get hit by a car..... The longer you spend swimming in the ocean the greater

> the likelihood you will be bitten by a shark.... With every hour spent

> driving in L.A. the odds of being in an accident increase.... Maybe we

> should get together and see if we could get a grant to do a study on common

> sense?

> Floyd

> Just my opinion.I could be wrong.It wouldn't be the first time.....It would

> be the second.

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET]

> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:05 PM

> To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); RadSafe

> Subject: Re: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Death

> Rates; Cancer Burden is Expected to Rise with an Aging Population

> 

> 

> Maybe I missed something, but I don't get the point of this report.

> It has long been recognized that the cancer rate increases with the age of

> the population,

> i.e. the longer you live, the greater the probability that you will die of

> cancer.

> So, what else is new?

> The only guidance in the report seems to be: "  These data highlight the

> need for the rapid, full  application of all we know about prevention,

> screening,  and treatment of cancer."

> What a radical idea! However, given enough time, we might have been able to

> figure that out by ourselves.

> 

> 

> 

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS) <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>

> To: RadSafe <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 8:40 AM

> Subject: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Death Rates;

> Cancer Burden is Expected to Rise with an Aging Population

> 

> 

> 

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