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Aurornis • yesterday at 5:21 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

When we talk about factors that reduce cancer rates we normally talk about like-for-like, adjusted for age.

Discussing lifetime risk of cancer without accounting for years lived is not useful.

I don't think it's helpful to point out that everyone gets cancer on a long enough timeframe, because that wasn't what the conversation was ever about.