What would be interesting , would be a statistical analysis of the instances of cancer amongst the pilot body compared to the average population.
Looking particularly at cancers such as
- Lymphoma. such as Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Leukaemia..
- Myeloma
- Basal , squamous and melanoma skin cancers
- Brain cancers.
When one considers , due to the stringent airline selection criteria , pilots in general tend to be healthier than the general populace what should these statistics present ?
Less or more prevalence of these types of cancer ?
If more , then what is the causative effect creating the outcome ?