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[-] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Jr researchers are using AI to comb through cancer research datanases and every time they come back with data linking racial minority to worse outcomes or faster tumor progression, and proposals to review genetic differences.

Never does it link that non rich people don't go to a doctor unless it's very bad, and so present at later stages of cancer, and can't afford the better personalized treatments.

The entire world of dog cancer research has recently collapsed not because there aren't researchers invested in the work or that there aren't clinical trials available, it's that dog owners can't afford to even travel to clinical sites for treatment.

It's heartbreaking

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Never does it link that non rich people don’t go to a doctor unless it’s very bad, and so present at later stages of cancer, and can’t afford the better personalized treatments.

Also...

Poor people are more likely to work in dangerous industrial jobs that expose them to carcinogens.
Poor people are more likely to work outside, where they're exposed to high levels of UV, causing skin cancers.
Poor people are more likely to live in less desirable places, which may be located closer to industrial sites that spread carcinogenic waste into the air and water.
Poor people are more likely to eat highly processed foods that increase cancer risk.
Poor people are more likely to be obese, which increases cancer risk.
Poor people are more likely to smoke and/or be exposed to second-hand smoke.
Poor people are more likely to have high stress levels, which increases cancer risk.