There's a logical disconnect here, I think.
It seems to me that if cell division introduces genetic mistakes, and if some genetic mistakes lead to cancer, then anything that increases the rate of cell division must lead to an increased chance of cancer.
It seems to me that any kind of injury that requires cellular regeneration would fit the bill-- cell necrosis due to toxicity, cell regeneration due to sun or other burns, and so on. In other words, EVEN THOUGH the toxicity didn't directly cause the cancer, the fact that it increases the needed for cellular regeneration will increase the chance of cancer.
In other words, six of one and half a dozen of the other-- the only difference being that normal, healthy cellular division may have an equal chance of going cancerous.
It seems to me that if cell division introduces genetic mistakes, and if some genetic mistakes lead to cancer, then anything that increases the rate of cell division must lead to an increased chance of cancer.
It seems to me that any kind of injury that requires cellular regeneration would fit the bill-- cell necrosis due to toxicity, cell regeneration due to sun or other burns, and so on. In other words, EVEN THOUGH the toxicity didn't directly cause the cancer, the fact that it increases the needed for cellular regeneration will increase the chance of cancer.
In other words, six of one and half a dozen of the other-- the only difference being that normal, healthy cellular division may have an equal chance of going cancerous.
