[lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test

[Andy F]

On 8/8/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 8, 2006, at 4:10 PM, Colin Brace wrote:
>
> > Your assertion that "cancers take a long time to develop" does not
> > gibe with the veritable plague of childhood cancers and breast cancers
> > among middle-aged women these days.
>
> According to this <http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2003/
> results_merged/topic_inc_mor_trends.pdf>, cancer mortality rates have
> been declining among those 64 and under in the US.

Here are the incidence trends:

<http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2003/results_merged/topic_inc_trends.pdf>

Pretty steady overall in the US, but thyroid cancer is up in women.

-- 
Andy