The Devil Or The Deep Blue Sea...

[sandyRoe]

Apparently sufferers from Huntington's disease(didn't it used to be called Huntington's Chorea?) are far less likely to develop cancers.
I'd rather have neither, but in years to come could a fuller understanding of what causes Huntington's lead to treatments for cancers?

[sandyRoe]

A link would help.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17678587

[pixie373]

Still is Huntingdon's chorea. Have you got a link for this please? My friend has it in her family.

[Old_Geezer]

I would have thought most likely. All knowledge helps. But as you imply it is possible that whatever gives protection from one might inevitably cause the other. One can only hope and trust progress will continue to be made.

[sandyRoe]

Researchers seem to have just written up their report. Looks like in might be a very long time before anything came of this. It could be the first step in the right direction.
Links there now, Pixie.

[pixie373]

Thanks sandy xx will have a look

[Sqad]

\\\\but in years to come could a fuller understanding of what causes Huntington's lead to treatments for cancers?\\

Who knows! It might.

Cancers are most common in people over the age of 60 years and the majority of people with Huntington's Chorea are dead by that time and never reach the cancer era.

Could that be the reason why these patients have a reduced risk of cancer?

[sandyRoe]

You can trust someone with knowledge of a subject to cast a pall of reality over an otherwise hopeful post.☺

[pixie373]

I assumed they had taken that into account. Seems so from the link.