Comments by "yessum15" (@yessum15) on "Vanity Fair"
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@Roughman 1) Roughman's right that they almost certainly have both used 'steroids'.
2) It is also correct that there are studies linking some PEDs to increased risk for some cancers.
3) However, it's extremely irresponsible to use the general correlation to explain an individual case. For example, we can say PED use in baseball will increase the number of homeruns in general, but it's impossible to say any one specific homerun was caused by steroids.
4) This is all the more ridiculous when there are MAJOR confounding variables (smoking, UV exposure, different steroid stack uses, different cancers, different ages, genetic profiles, etc.) and that some of these variables are much higher risk factors for cancer.
5) Since we don't know how they supplemented it's impossible to say whether their 'steroid' usage played a role at all. A good TRT program developed slowly under a qualified doctor combined with a healthy lifestyle can produce the physical results seen in Swayze with a negligible increase in cancer risk. It may actually decrease total cancer risk if it facilitates activities associated with reduction in the risk of cancer (exercise, lowered stress, etc.)
6) It's also pretty disrespectful and mean, as the implication is that you're blaming the victim for a disease for which the causes are unclear.
7) Finally, using studies generated by the medical community to argue the link between cancer and steroids while simultaneously make the completely unsubstantiated claim that the medical community is somehow engaged in a widespread conspiracy to conceal the risks of steroids because they are 'industry adjacent' is the sort of boneheaded and stupid statement that does more to hurt your own credibility than anything else.
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