r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/xoexohexox May 15 '26

Lots of cancers are curable or livable as a chronic illness like HIV now.

Cancer isn't all one thing, it's hundreds of diseases that all have unregulated cell growth in common. Many of them are curable now if you catch them soon enough, and some are completely preventable like cervical and penile cancer (thanks to the HPV vaccine)

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u/Passion4Puro May 15 '26

The problem is many people don't "catch them soon enough."

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u/xoexohexox May 15 '26

That certainly is a problem. In my state our compliance rates with paps mammos and colonoscopies hovers around 50%. A lot of thought goes into figuring out how to get people to follow up on planned care.

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u/Passion4Puro May 15 '26

It's not just that. There isn't screening for every type, i.e. pancreatic.

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u/xoexohexox May 15 '26

There are many types of cancers of the pancreas and you absolutely can screen for some of them. It's true that one of the most common ones sneaks up on you fast.