Cancer - 101
Episode 44 of the Saving Lives In Slow Motion podcast, hosted by Dr Ayan Panja, titled "Cancer - 101" was published on December 2, 2022 and runs 16 minutes.
December 2, 2022 ·16m · Saving Lives In Slow Motion
Summary
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/Save your life in slow motion and those of others by subscribing now and sharing. Thank you for listening and for your support. It means a lot to me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
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-cancers
Viruses 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=0VNjuBgHIAw
RAS genes and signalling: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2019.00965/full
Dr Carl June and CAR T cell therapy: https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2022/november/car-t-cell-therapy-reaches-beyond-cancer
Macmillan Cancer Support: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/
Save your life in slow motion and those of others by subscribing now and sharing. Thank you for listening and for your support. It means a lot to me.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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