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There is a small amount of information on tumors, not ‘tons’ and no indication that they were “cancer,” so save us the Barbara Streisand.

Well maybe not 'tons', but tumors are by definition cancer. And before you say no that's not true, the only difference between benign and malignant is the rate of growth.

If the point you were trying to make is that cancer is a relatively recent major factor in mortality rates I will agree (primarily because antibiotics and immunizations have been so effective at stopping disease).

82 posted on 03/11/2009 9:30:51 AM PDT by LeGrande (I once heard a smart man say that you canÂ’t reason someone out of something that they didnÂ’t reaso)

No, tumors are not in most cases (999 of 1000) cancer.

Most people’s bodies have numerous tumors and cysts that are totally benign.

83 posted on 03/11/2009 9:53:40 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)