[hinkley]

Just remember that you could be at risk for three kinds of cancer. Cancer is the thing that will get you if nothing else does.

And then there are the cancers that are truly unfair. That try to jump the line. Go after kids, mothers, professional athletes. If we can fix those, our relationship with cancer will change. Hope those are the ones we can fix first. Or best.

[chrisweekly]

why professional athletes?

[jtoberon]

Presumably because they're otherwise very healthy.

[ReptileMan]

They are rarely at peak healthy. They are just in peak physical shape.

Depending on the sport - strain on muscles, joints, heart

[chrisweekly]

(clarifying my earlier Q, addressed to hinckley)

"..cancers that are truly unfair. That try to jump the line. Go after kids, mothers, professional athletes"

Why group athletes with kids and mothers as "unfair" victims of cancer?

[ang_cire]

Higher sun exposure, extended exposure to chemicals like pesticides on fields, lots and lots of reasons beyond what most people assume (steroid/ PED use).

[hinkley]

Those tend to be the ones that “get you” at an older age.

I’m sure there are going to be a lot of retired athletes interested in the metastatic melanoma results here of course, but bone or testicular/ovarian cancer hitting 25 year olds (eg, Lance Armstrong) is just kinda brutal.

And childhood leukemia is the biggest dick of them all.