--- On Sat, 12/4/10, Gilbert Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > And here we thought cancer was caused by gene mutation of > tumor suppressor gene, etc > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumor_suppressor_gene >
I have no idea how someone with some knowledge about cancer can jump to this conclusion after been shown a stray news paper item on Egyptian mummies. In the interest of providing accurate information, let me point out that there indeed are cancers that are caused by inherited and acquired mutations of tumor suppressor genes, as well as oncogenes. Here is a brief description of them from a reliable source: http://tinyurl.com/CorrectingGoanetCancerInfo What is more, the claim that Egyptian mummies did not have cancer is also not true. Here are two earlier studies that had discovered cancer in 5000 year old mummies of Egypt: 1. Zink A, Rohrbach H, Szeimies U, Hagedorn HG, Haas CJ, Weyss C, Bachmeier B, Nerlich AG. Malignant tumors in an ancient Egyptian population. Anticancer Res. 1999 Sep-Oct;19(5B):4273-7. 2. Nerlich AG, Rohrbach H, Bachmeier B, Zink A., Malignant tumors in two ancient populations: An approach to historical tumor epidemiology, Oncol Rep. 2006 Jul;16(1):197-202. Indeed, the above study concluded that there was no significant difference in the incidence of the particular types of cancer detected between these ancient and modern populations in comparable age groups. Any perceived increased incidence today is therefore likely to be due to increased life expectancy. Cheers, Santosh --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Gilbert Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > -------------- Con Menezes wrote: > > Cancer 'is purely man-made' say scientists after > finding almost no trace of > disease in Egyptian mummies Cancer.....a man-made disease > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1320507/Cancer-purely-man-say-scientists-finding-trace-disease-Egyptian-mummies.html > > > > ----------------- GL responds: > > Darn British! They always have to spoil a party by stating > the obvious. :=)) > > And here we thought cancer was caused by gene mutation of > tumor suppressor gene, > etc > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumor_suppressor_gene > > This holiday season, Brits have to stop smoking, chewing > tobacco, boozing and > messing around at office parties; giving those holiday > treats called HIV and > HPV.:=)) > > Regards, GL > > > >
