Show Notes
We're thrilled to be joined for a special return to the topic of Cancer by our own magnificent editorial assistant, Deboki Chakravarti! We cover a ton in this beefy episode, so grab a snack, get comfy, and prepare to dive deep on a topic that's well worth the revisit. SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [Truth or Fail] Water-logged diaper scans https://www.nist.gov/pml/about-pml/pml-working-you/pml-working-you-archives/fighting-cancer-diapers https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2017/11/how-disposable-diapers-can-improve-measurements-tumor-growth Toothbrush cancer camera https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2022/09/22/why-billionaire-eric-schmidt-is-backing-a-high-school-senior-making-a-cancer-detecting-toothbrush-and-other-brilliant-teens/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/obstetrics-gynecology/news/a-substantial-step-toward-earlier-endometrial-cancer-detection/mac-20560620 Cancer-cell kleenex https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/06/masspec-pen-cancer/ [This or That: Researcher, Patient, or Both] Round 1 - Sister Mary Joseph Nodule https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468294222000089#sec0006 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00261-016-1031-1 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31864-6/abstract Round 2 - Trousseau sign of malignancy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468294222000089#sec0002 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1022062/ Round 3 - AOH1996 https://www.alexslemonade.org/blog/chance-meeting-leads-promising-cancer-treatment https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10592352/ https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05227326 Round 4 - Papanicolaou (Pap) test https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncy.22734 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213294514002178 [Ask the Science Couch] Proposition 65 in the state of California & carcinogens in studies https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/about-proposition-65 https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/proposition-65-list https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/how-chemicals-are-added-proposition-65-list https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6349368/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10311-023-01668-1 https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/wood-dust
Patreon bonus: Treatments for different cancers and why there’s no singular cure https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types https://www.aacr.org/patients-caregivers/about-cancer/what-is-cancer/ https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2023/10/cancer-is-not-one-disease https://medlineplus.gov/cancer.html [Butt One More Thing] A trained dog could sniff out colorectal cancer in poop samples https://gut.bmj.com/content/60/6/814 https://www.cshl.edu/the-doctor-will-sniff-you-now/
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