Interesting—I’ve modeled all cancer in my mind as vaguely similar to testicular cancer—one is likely to get it, but unlikely to die of it unless you survive many other potential causes of death.
In other words, I’m not sure if the data we care about is prevalence-of-cancer or prevalence-of-cancer-deaths.
On reflection, I think the assertion under question is essentially “Paleo diet creates more QUALYs.” Which should be answered in part by how much prevalence of cancer effects quality of life even if the cancer was not a causal factor in death.
I’ve modeled all cancer in my mind as vaguely similar to testicular cancer—one is likely to get it, but unlikely to die
Cancer is really cancers—it’s a class of diseases which are pretty diverse. Some are slow and rarely actually kill people (e.g. prostate cancer), some are fast and highly lethal.
I’m not sure if the data we care about is prevalence-of-cancer or prevalence-of-cancer-deaths.
I think we care about prevalence of cancer (morbidity) because the prevalence of cancer deaths (mortality) heavily depends on the progress in medicine and availability of medical services.
how much prevalence of cancer effects quality of life
Interesting—I’ve modeled all cancer in my mind as vaguely similar to testicular cancer—one is likely to get it, but unlikely to die of it unless you survive many other potential causes of death.
In other words, I’m not sure if the data we care about is prevalence-of-cancer or prevalence-of-cancer-deaths.
On reflection, I think the assertion under question is essentially “Paleo diet creates more QUALYs.” Which should be answered in part by how much prevalence of cancer effects quality of life even if the cancer was not a causal factor in death.
Cancer is really cancers—it’s a class of diseases which are pretty diverse. Some are slow and rarely actually kill people (e.g. prostate cancer), some are fast and highly lethal.
I think we care about prevalence of cancer (morbidity) because the prevalence of cancer deaths (mortality) heavily depends on the progress in medicine and availability of medical services.
My impression is that the answer is “a lot”.