The C Word

Cancer has injected itself into the public consciousness a number of times lately, as current or past bouts with hit have struck a surprisingly high number of Presidential candidates.   Obviously, cancer is a pretty scary prospect for anyone facing it, but I've been wondering whether there's a generational gap when it comes to thinking about it.   It seems like the "C Word" might not be as ominous sounding to me as it is to someone 30 or 40 years older.   Fact is, I don't think of it as a death sentence.  I think of it as a serious illness, to be sure, but hearing about it doesn't strike me with the same thud as it might someone who is older .

It's pretty obvious why cancer doesn't seem so scary to me -- it's not as scary of a disease at it used to be Cafe Hayek points to a piece on today's Times on this subject:

News about cancer, it seems, is everywhere. But, as statisticians readily explain, impressions can be misleading. While cancer remains the second-leading killer of Americans, behind heart disease, and while no one would make light of the toll from the disease, cancer deaths are on the wane.

Comments

[Jane]

Thanks for the blog! There is such a stigma involved with cancer.

[Chanel Mens Watches]

when you say the C word, I thought it was about coach , as now the coach is so hot , and the logo for coach is also a C

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