Cancer: what we do and don't KNOW

Just thought it might be good to have a general thread for info about this.....



CANCER CAUSES:



Things known (beyond any reasonable doubt) to cause cancer, ie to significantly increase one's odds:



- smoking tobacco

- certain chemicals or other materials (eg asbestos, pollutants)

- excessive drinking

- excessive exposure to sunlight





Things claimed but unverified (if not outright disproven) to date:



- meats cooked/grilled at high temps

- fluoridated water

- artificial sweeteners





CANCER TREATMENTS:



Proven effective to varying degrees:



Surgery

Radiation

Chemo



Disproven as utter quackery:



"Antineoplastons"

Baking soda (ie eating lots to lower one's pH)

"Cancell"

Coffee enemas

Laetrile (aka "Vitamin B17")

Oxygenation/ozone

Sugar (ie eating less)8

Shark cartilage

Tea (various kinds)

Vitamin C "mega-dosing"

(others exist no doubt)



Neither proven nor disproven definitively:



Curcumin/tumeric

Mistletoe extract (Iscador)

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