Checked on 2024-10-25
Probability: 1.0
Justification: The claim "Cancer is bad" is supported by the provided evidence, which consistently portrays cancer as a serious and potentially deadly disease. The evidence mentions cancer as the second-most-common cause of death in the United States, highlights the risks associated with cancer, and notes that inflammation contributes to cancer. While the evidence also discusses various factors that can affect cancer risk and growth, it does not contradict the claim that cancer is bad. The claim is more of a value judgment, but based on the provided evidence, it is clear that cancer has negative consequences, making the claim true.
Final Truth Score: 0.92
An individual's cancer risk has a lot to do with other factors, such as age. For instance, an American woman's lifetime risk of developing colon and rectal cancer is about 4%, or about 40 out of every 1,000 women. But her risk of developing colon and rectal cancer before the age of 50 is 0.4%, or about 4 out of every 1,000 women.
Myth: People who have cancer shouldn't eat sugar, since it can cause cancer to grow faster. Fact: More research is needed to understand the relationship between sugar in the diet and cancer. All kinds of cells, including cancer cells, depend on blood sugar (glucose) for energy. But giving more sugar to cancer cells doesn't make them grow faster ...
9. Myeloma. 10. Laryngeal cancer. Beyond the SEER list. Declining cancer death rates. There's no doubt that cancer is deadly. In the United States, the disease is the second-most-common cause of ...
Morse also notes that for others, dairy is an inflammatory food that can cause bloating, cramping, diarrhea, nausea, joint pain or mood changes. “There are some proinflammatory foods that we are learning contribute to systemic inflammation. We know that inflammation contributes to cancer, so we're trying from all angles to reduce inflammation ...
Cancer is caused by harmful changes (mutations) in genes. Only about 5 to 10 percent of cancers are caused by harmful mutations that are inherited from a person’s parents. In families with an inherited cancer-causing mutation, multiple family members will often develop the same type of cancer. These cancers are called “familial” or ...