Talk:Cancer

Keto diet as recommended for cancer treatment

Please remove this from the article. It is a commercial promotion and unnecessary. 2605:8D80:62D:D4B7:99D4:F1B:E41B:1866 (talk) 18:19, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Agreed and  Done. Zefr (talk) 15:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Revise cancer risk language

The current risk language around obesity is not medically valid, as it could track a correlation rather than a causation. Mokshafarmsanctuary (talk) 06:01, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Improvements needed

Along with a generic tag at the top, I included four citation needed tags. I advise medical regulars to combine the numerous brief paragraphs, add inline citations, and improve the "other animals" section. Since this medical article is of paramount importance, Wikipedia needs to have a well-presented entry. Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 20:18, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Brief paragraphs tend to be easier for people to read. Combining paragraphs to reach a particular size is not likely to be a good idea. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:28, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Sentence in lede

"While these symptoms may indicate cancer, they can also have other causes."

Very humane to put it in there, but it ought to be a footnote instead. Will try to make that change when I can figure out the mechanism. Abeg92contribs 21:56, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

@Abeg92, I think it's fine where it is. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:26, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Years of Life Lost, Years Lived with Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups

The journal titled "Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived with Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019" offers a comprehensive analysis of the global burden of cancer. Here is a brief summary of its key contents:

1. Incidence Rates: The study provides data on the number of new cancer cases globally, highlighting significant increases in cancers such as breast, lung, and colorectal cancers.

2. Mortality Rates: It details the number of cancer-related deaths, with lung cancer being the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide.

3. Years of Life Lost (YLL): The study measures the loss of life due to premature cancer deaths, identifying cancers like lung, liver, and stomach cancers as having the highest YLL.

4. Years Lived with Disability (YLD): It evaluates the years lived with disability due to cancer, showing that cancers causing long-term health issues, such as colorectal and breast cancers, contribute significantly to YLD.

5. Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY): The study combines YLL and YLD to provide an overall measure of the disease burden, revealing that lung, liver, and stomach cancers account for the highest DALY globally.[1]https://scholar.unair.ac.id/en/publications/cancer-incidence-mortality-years-of-life-lost-years-lived-with-di FIn4nwatin (talk) 08:34, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

@FIn4nwatin, this sounds like good information for the article. You can edit the article now. Would you like to have a go at updating it? I suggest trying this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer?veaction=edit so you can have a word-processing-like environment with auto-formatting references. Just click the "Cite" button, and put https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34967848/ into the "Automatic" box. (That link also gives you a link to a free, full-text copy of the whole paper. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:53, 15 September 2024 (UTC)