Some general points in regard to 'genetic causes' -
a) everything that happens in a cell has a genetic dimension - but this doesn't mean that the genes caused the change - the change may simply be unable to occur without a shift in the genes. So the genes may be the mediator of change.
b) something may be genetic without being inherited/inheritable
c) If we view cancer from a strictly genetic point of view, then it is correct to say that cancer is a collective term for 200 or 2,000 or more different diseases. However, we might look at it from the other end of the kaleidoscope and say it is one disease (manifested by multiplication of immortal cells) that manifests itself in a number of ways each of which has a unique genetic signature and this genetic signature has important ramifications as to how it behaves.
d) my prefered analogy is to point to the proliferation of gun crimes in inner cities in UK. Is this because the kids have become 'evil' in some way - the genetic answer - or is it that they are adapting to an essentially evil environment. Which should we change to to 'solve' the problem - eliminate the kids (as they tried in Rio a few years back) or change the environment. Each child is genetically unique and will respond differently to the environment - some being a great deal more aggressive than others. However, I hope you will agree that the wise course of action is to focua remedial efforts on the environment.
Jonathan
breathedeepnow wrote:
Hi, Comdyne.
I have some particular comments about your post, and a general one:
First, if there was no such thing as a genetic code, there would be
no cancer. Genes are intimately involved with cancer. They cannot
help but be.
Second, taking the circumstantial evidence that "granny did not get
cancer," (she did, actually, but not as much as she does today), and
saying it proves cancer is not genetic, is unscientific. There could
be plenty of other reasons granny did not get cancer.
With regard to "primitive" peoples not getting cancer, T. Colin
Campbell, veteran nutritional biochemist, says those peoples ate a
good deal less animal protein than we do, and that animal protein
turns on cancer genes.
You wrote that believing that genetic code breakdown causing
cancer "takes away all hope" from those dx'd with cancer. It
certainly does not. It does not matter at all necessarily if cancer
was genetically caused. The same methods used to combat cancer can
work equally well for all........
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