Princess Kate and cancer
It was revealed yesterday that Catherine, Princess of Wales, is being treated for cancer. She chose to announce the news herself in this video:
The news shocked and saddened many people. Princess Kate is only 42 years old, with three young children. It’s not clear what sort of cancer she has – although it’s abdominal – nor is her prognosis clear, although she seemed to be indicating it’s good. The announcement ended a great deal of social media and MSM (especially in Britain) criticism and speculation about a bunch of theories to explain what was happening during her prolonged absence from public life. That’s probably one of the reasons she made the announcement herself, in a video; a sort of “proof of life” document.
There has been an outpouring of affection and good wishes for a recovery. Kate has been one of the most beloved royals for quite some time. She’s been a model of decorum and style, done her bit to produce three heirs to the throne, and is lovely to look at with a beautiful smile. Despite being very thin, she has always seemed to be the picture of health.
But cancer is no respecter of these things, and living what looks like a charmed royal life doesn’t matter to cancer. As far as being relatively young goes, cancer rates have been increasing in the young for several decades. I’ve written on that topic in the past, and here’s a link to a current article on the subject, which features charts showing the rise between 1990 and 2019 (note that the rise has nothing to do with COVID or COVID shots, having long predated both).
We don’t know why this is happening. But here’s an excerpt from the article:
One review published in Frontiers in Nutrition in 2022 found several dietary factors were associated with early-onset colorectal cancer. Eating a lot of deep-fried and processed foods, foods high in fat, and sugary drinks and desserts was a significant risk factor, as was having a diet low in fiber. Other studies have found higher alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer early.
Toxins in our environment, such as microplastics, could also be a contributing factor. These tiny particles can be found in everything from food containers to synthetic clothing, before making their way into our bodies and our GI tracts.
Here’s another article on the subject which goes more deeply into certain aspects of the rates from 2010 to 2019:
Gender and race played a role.
Early-onset cancer increased by 4.4% in females and decreased by 5% in males, which the researchers attribute to the rapid rise of breast and uterine cancers.
Cancer rates grew in American Indian or Alaska Native people, Asian or Pacific Islander people, and Hispanic people, while cancer incidence remained the same in White people and declined in Black people.
There is also a connection with increasing obesity. That’s obviously not a factor for Princess Kate, but I wonder whether obesity – or some genetic susceptibility – accounts for the rise in cancer in people of Hispanic background? And because the Hispanic population in the US has also increased, might that be driving a significant amount of the cancer increase?
I hope that Princess Kate will be free now to concentrate on her family and her treatment, and that she’ll experience a full recovery and return to robust health.
Cancer rates have skyrocketed since the mRNA shots with forced on the populace
The princess had pregnancy difficulties, so I have been assuming the abdominal surgery was either for endometriosis or, as your article indicates, for colon problems. In either case, it sounds like her cancer has been caught early, with tumor(s) removed and no spread, so in this, she is fortunate. And I think the British public has been rather unkind in wanting to know just what parts of her insides weren’t right. Let the woman have some privacy and retained dignity!
Her Father in law also was jabbed, and now has cancer.
Strange coincidence…
Cancer rates have skyrocketed since the mRNA shots with forced on the populace
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Her Father in law also was jabbed, and now has cancer. Strange coincidence…
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Her father in law is 75 years old. Cancer diagnoses are as common as sand in that age range. His appears to be either bladder cancer or prostate cancer.
It’s a reasonable wager they diagnosed the cancer prior to her hospitalization, not subsequent to the surgery. A hospitalization of 13 days is quite unusual in this day and age. Long even for colon cancer surgery. I don’t think the deception on their part is advisable.
I would imagine a princess gets some special treatment and extended hospital care.
Marissa:
Try reading what neo wrote:
Correlation and causation is a foreign concept it seems.
“”Hispanic”, in the US doesn’t mean Spanish. It means originating south of the Rio Grande. Which is to say more or less but not zero native blood.
Some tribes or people’s in the harsher areas are said to have a “thrifty” gene which allows for or causes retention of calories to an extent not seen elsewhere.
Thus obesity is more easily come by in good times.
Traditional cooking, like soul food, or down home, used to be what was left over after the good stuff went up to the big house. Now, meat, cheese, not missing.
Marisa:
Just because you state it does not make it so. I have dealt with the issue at length in this previous post.
Ray SoCa:
Many millions of people in Britain have gotten COVID shots and the vast majority don’t have cancer. Prostate cancer is also rather common in Charles’ demographic (and has been for long long before COVID or COVID shots), and it certainly also occurs among those who have not received COVID shots.
My best wishes to Katre for a speedy recovery. I know what she’s going through.
My colon cancer diagnosis (at age 84) was early, and the tumor was removed with no signs that it had spread outside the colon. I had colonoscopies for five years after that and all was clear. Now, they refuse to do a colonoscopy because I’m too old. 🙁
My advice to her would be to avoid laparoscopic surgery if she has an incisional hernia that needs fixing. My cancer surgery went well. The incisional hernia repair, a relatively minor procedure, was done laparoscopically and darned near killed me.
May Kate live long and prosper.
I have no desire to speculate on causes, correlations, or specifics…she’s a young mother with young children undergoing cancer treatments. I suspect that’s enough for most of us to hear a signal that it’s time to pray…whether you think that’s a thing or not.
Thank you, John Guilfoyle, yes. Let’s just pray for this young woman and her young children, or whatever we can do, holding her in the light, wishing her the best, thinking of her with kindness, it all amounts to prayer whether that’s the name we give it or not, and it’s what she needs, and I hope many of us do it and I hope it helps her.
Jimmy J, you said you’d stopped lifting heavy weights at age 84, and I can see now there was good reason for that! Thanks be to God for your current good health and your many extra years.
Thanks, Kate. I’m astonished at the memories of Neo’s commenters. You remember more about me than I do.
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Cancer’s a scary thing. Especially for younger people. It isn’t always a death sentence these days. They’re getting better at diagnoses and treatment all the time. I think we can be sure that Kate will get the best doctors available in Great Britain.
Oncologically speaking, Kate’s history is strange: “Planned abdominal surgery” with a two-week post-op hospitalization, and then LO! it is cancer.”Planned”? Sounds like dithering.
I’m inclined to conclude Kate’s intitial, rather long, hospital stay was because she had copious mucus-like secretions encasing her viscera, probably from an ovarian origin, a low-grade cancer with a ruptured mucus-containing cyst. By no means is it easy to diagnose this early.
Now she’s on chemotherapy, which is the customary way to treat intra-abdominal dissemination of an ovarian cancer. It is technically impossible to cleanse the peritoneal cavity of mucus plus the odd cancer cell.
I would be concerned about her long term prognosis.
@ Neo > “The announcement ended a great deal of social media and MSM (especially in Britain) criticism and speculation about a bunch of theories to explain what was happening during her prolonged absence from public life.”
Some of those speculators have apologized for their more sensational efforts (Prince William having an affair being one of them IIRC).
But remember: these are the same people who repeatedly present their speculations about (insert the news item of the day) as if they were solid fact, and seldom apologize when proven wrong.
It’s the clicks, baby.
Cicero, I hope you’re wrong, but obviously you know more than I do. She needs prayer, which I performer for her this morning, as I hope others did.
In the video she looks just like my oldest sister, who died of EHE (cancer of the blood vessel internal skin) about ten years ago.
Probab!y not related, but scary nonetheless.
Cicero: that’s my mother’s history.
Cicero may know a lot about cancer and his patients but Princess Kate isn’t his patient.
Prayers are all we can do for Princess Kate.
Donated platelets can help some types of cancer patients.
Regards the Vox article, I am really not all that trusting of data that covers more than one generation — 14-49.
That is so bloody large that there is no reason to not include everyone for comparison purposes. If the numbers are up for everyone, then this is not a sign of anything “age related”…
But it certainly is a great way to stir up FUD about the matter among young people, innit?
It would not have enlarged the graph by a significant factor to include data for every decadal group — <20, 20-29, 30-39, and 40-49. 8 more "thin bars" for each category. Hell, even "under 30 and "30+" would have been a significant improvement. As-is, it's one assertion for which I want a lot more reliable source on than Vox.