Tom Kurvers passes away-age 57

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[topshelf15]

RIP

 

[rynryn]

RIP Tom. Great guy.

 

[Buck Naked]

RIP

 

[WarriorofTime]

58, RIP

 

[Dialamo]

RIP. Awful news. So unfortunate that he got lung cancer. I heard he always kept himself in good shape and he wasn't a smoker so it's truly baffling how something like that could happen.

 

[PWJunior]

Sad news, RIP.

 

[Swervin81]

RIP. f*** cancer.

It's a shame his legacy is one of which is no fault of his own (traded for Niedermayer).

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP

 

[SI90]

RIP. Thoughts to his family and friends.

 

[Islander Class]

Very solid player. Remember him best from the Devil Team (87-‘88) that first put NJD on the map. RIP.

 

[Bood12]

Damn this sux, pretty sure he is also the first player to pass from the beloved Isles team in 93, definitely hits

 

[kaiser matias]

They mentioned him during the intermission of HNIC last night. They said he wasn't doing too good, but rough that this comes right after that.

 

[Forge]

F*** cancer.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I hated when NJ traded Kurvers for a draft pick..... until that pick ended up being Scott Niedermayer

RIP TK

 

[Preposterone]

RIP. Awful news. So unfortunate that he got lung cancer. I heard he always kept himself in good shape and he wasn't a smoker so it's truly baffling how something like that could happen.

Radon gas and/or carcinogenic particulates

 

[Mount Suribachi]

RIP. Awful news. So unfortunate that he got lung cancer. I heard he always kept himself in good shape and he wasn't a smoker so it's truly baffling how something like that could happen.

Smoking increases the risk - increases it a lot - but the risk still exists, just like it does for every other cancer. There's a base level of risk for each cancer, then there's a whole host of other factors that can increase that risk - age, gender, diet, genetics etc

Sadly, lung cancer has a poor survival rate.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

I remember going to an isles game as a kid and seeing him shoot the puck from his own goal line to over the glass behind the other goal. Never seen it before or since. I think it’d be a DOG penalty today.

RIP

 

[CascadiaPuck]

RIP. Awful news. So unfortunate that he got lung cancer. I heard he always kept himself in good shape and he wasn't a smoker so it's truly baffling how something like that could happen.

Crazy to realize that 15-25% of lung cancer deaths occur in people with no or (negligible) smoking history. Lung cancer is by far the biggest cancer killer worldwide, but it receives way less per capita research funding relative to some other types, perhaps in part because of the perception that patients “brought it on themselves”.

58 is way too young to go. RIP.

 

[ShootIt]

Crazy to realize that 15-25% of lung cancer deaths occur in people with no or (negligible) smoking history. Lung cancer is by far the biggest cancer killer worldwide, but it receives way less per capita research funding relative to some other types, perhaps in part because of the perception that patients “brought it on themselves”.

58 is way too young to go. RIP.

Yup.

Knew someone in Miami who was a non smoker, in shape, etc who got diagnosed with stage 4 at 34 years old.

Genetics and shit happens unfortunately.

Just another cancer that can go under the radar till it's almost too late to treat.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Crazy to realize that 15-25% of lung cancer deaths occur in people with no or (negligible) smoking history. Lung cancer is by far the biggest cancer killer worldwide, but it receives way less per capita research funding relative to some other types, perhaps in part because of the perception that patients “brought it on themselves”.

Yeah there's lots of factors that go into it. Prevention is better than cure so all the emphasis is on smoking cessation.

It predominantly affects working class men, so there's a little bit of I don't know if snobbery is the right word. But certainly it doesn't have the powerful advocates that say breast cancer does where white middle class metropolitan women have mobilised brilliantly the last 20-30 years to change breast cancer survival rates from 50% to 90%

Also, the key word is "worldwide". In the west smoking has fallen, and continues to fall every year, leading to lower lung cancer rates. Most of the deaths are in the developing and 3rd world. Most of the money and the research is in the west, so lung cancer is lower down the priority list.

 

[P10p]

Seemed like such a great person. To add to the sadness the guy took great care of his body and never smoked..

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

58 years old -- way too young.

RIP.

 

[auximenes]

RIP

 

[spiny norman]

RIP