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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
DTS, I'm not doubting you one whit about the use of steroids and other illegal drugs; I'm just skeptical as to it increasing a horse's cancer risk because I would think we'd see more instances of cancer then, you know?
Does it increase cancer risk in humans? I thought steroid use damaged the heart, but I don't know of it being linked to cancers. Anyone know anything about this?
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Chup and Gr,
I have nothing concerning proof of anything causing LITF's illness. I said so in my post. Cancer is something that has been forefront in my son's and my thoughts, ever since a form (neuroblastoma) took my nephew so many years ago...same one that took the little girl of Alex's lemonade stand fame...and all the efforts of the good folks like racing Samm that have done their best to fund the research.
Findings indicate that there are "genetic triggers' like fgf 15, fgf 8, and many others that cause different forms of cancer. It's part of the quest to find the conditions that cause these "triggers" to fire. My "guess" is that there are chemical conditions that contribute...and I'm not a bio-chemist nor a developmental biologist like my son is. I wish we knew. I really hope the answers to this devastating disease, it's causes and remedies are found soon.
So, to answer you both, I really don't know.
DTS