# Cancer is unfair. No, it's just cancer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-is-unfair-no-its-just-cancer/780583>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 23, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-is-unfair-no-its-just-cancer/780583 "2017-02-23T19:45:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-is-unfair-no-its-just-cancer/780583/21 "2017-02-25T21:06:13Z")

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> [@RadicalPi](#):
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> “No, it’s just cancer,” said no one with cancer, ever.

_“Some times I say it all day.”_

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**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-is-unfair-no-its-just-cancer/780583/22 "2017-02-25T21:20:40Z")

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Why would calling something unfair mean that you expect life to be fair?

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