I really hope I am. But, what if the fact that we live longer now, has triggered cancer as nature's mechanism of counteracting the longer life expectancies we have now achieved?
In other words, what if we are not supposed to live longer than nature intended (and took millions of years to evolve)?
Just a thought (not based on any evidence)...
You shouldn't think of it that way..
Although I do understand your rationale
Actually there is actually a relationship between age and cancer, but it being nature's mechanism to limit or scientifically normalize life expectancies isn't the case
Cancer happens when your cell instructions has been messed up..
Look at it this way..
Our cells are programmed to,
a) create cells when needed
b) stop creating cells
d) bad cells should self destroy, or will be destroyed to protect the body
(Main goal regulation)
But there sometimes...
- natural mistakes happen that affects the cell's instructions,
- excessive smoking, and intake of certain chemicals can disrupt the instructions
- infections can as well affect the instructions
And when the instructions are affected, cells just keep producing more and more cells, and they become excess and even as they are excess production of cells don't still stop
https://pin.it/6aUYEcvPZAnd with that is when it is considered cancer.
So they don't just grow so fast, they accumulate with time, someone that has cancer (affected cells oder) will not notice it for years, and victim might even die a natural death without the knowledge of cancer,
The cells produce more and more gradually with time, so the older the victim gets the higher the chances of exposure and discovery because at that time the cells are so much that they are now noticable that it is abnormal.
We can avoid these, by limiting alcohol, smoking, living healthy to avoid unnecessary infections, reduce exposure to unknown chemicals, get cancer screening...
Although there could be GOOD NEWS concerning the cure
I was scrolling through tiktok and came across a video I think you should check it out..
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSqNw7L3s/It will as well help you understand more, it's a brief video so it wouldn't take much of your time.