Re: The "I'd rather have her get cancer than have sex" dept.


NashtOn wrote:
Windy wrote:


Yeah, it's not like the ToE helps cure cancer or anything... oh, wait.

Evolutionary Biology Research Techniques Predict Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=40340

-- w.


"In fact, he speculates, genetic diversity among tumor cells might help
explain why therapy sometimes fails. If a tumor contains a diverse
population of cells, some of those cells are more likely to resist
treatment, Maley says. Adapting to and surviving chemotherapy, these
resistant cells could breed, leading to a cancer relapse. He hopes to
pursue this hypothesis in the future. "More immediately," he adds, "we
intend to validate the new study with other cohorts and other types of
tumors."

Speculation doesn't save lives, Windy.

Hey retard--

Why didn't you quote this part:

***
In the study, Maley and colleagues analyzed precancerous tumor data
from 268 patients, including multiple biopsies within each tumor. On
average, these patients were followed for 4.4 years, during which time
37 developed cancerous tumors. Overall, the database used in the study
represents more than 32,000 distinct genotypes of different cells
within the tumors.

Using computational techniques to analyze the data, the researchers
calculated measures of diversity inside the tumors. Essentially, they
counted cell varieties and measured the genetic difference, or
divergence, between those varieties. "Simply put, we took ecology
measures of species diversity and translated them into measures of cell
diversity within tumors," Maley says. The found a striking correlation
between increased diversity of tumor cells and progression to cancer.
For every additional cell variety detected in a tumor, the patient was
twice as likely to progress to cancer.
***

Afraid of a few numbers, Nancy? Hard data, like you keep asking for.
When someone gives it to you though, you can't beat feet fast enough.

You're just too sad for words.

Chris

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