Very sorry to hear about your relative's condition. I hope everything works out better than you can even expect.
There are problems with chicken. You list some. Most of them have little to nothing to do with cancer.
As for what carcinogens americans eat, different cancers are related to different things. But just to throw things out: Smoking, Air pollution, Alcohol, Fungus (peanuts?), Nitrosamines (pickles, smoked anything), bizarre chemicals? (processed anything?). Some would implicated browned or burned forms of meat. Any meat. Oh and don't forget things like UV exposure, autoimmune conditions, glowing puddles of ooze from industry and a general lack of healthy, protective eating (say, antioxidants and fibre). A lot of these aren't eaten, but still, they are common in the world today.
I'd also say it depends on the cancer. Lung and Stomach have different relations to your diet and carcinogen exposure.
As for chicken's issues:
(1) yes chicken eats anything it wants. So do pigs. So do catfish. (so do humans). I'm not sure how this would relate to cancer.
(2) If you eat dark meat chicken, or fried chicken, vis-a-vis lean red meat, you are correct.
(3) Depends highly on cooking technique. Remember, bread forms acrylamide when it cooks. So do french fries. This doesn't prove they cause cancer.
(4) Yes. Raw chicken = dirty. Cook it well and you won't be sick. And Salmonella hasn't been implicated to cause cancer. Also remember things like fruit and veggies can be teeming with unsavory bacteria/virues too.
(5) Scary ain't it? No chicken sashimi for this guy.
(6) Right. Eating chicken doesn't cure artherosclerosis, or KFC would replace most pharmacies in america with chicken. But I'd still argue a nice lean protein has its place in most diets, and chicken is a highly acceptable and cheap one, for most people.
(7) This is true of any animal meat that is non-organic. Also Milk is full of nasty things. But remember Soy and Soy Milk have human estrogen mimicers. And genetically engineered grain is scary too. And fish are full of mercury. The trick will be figuring out which of these things is most dangerous.
mjl1717 said:
I googled it , this is what Ifound:
1)Eats meat byproducts left over meats , its own feces, anything.
2)Often contains close to the same amount of saturated fat and cholesterol
as red meat
3)When cooked can form more Heterocyclic amines-(CANCER) then red meat
4) Often contains Salmonella. Camplobacter, or Listeria
5)The Salmonella is often resistant to 3 or 4 antibiotics at ONE time
6)Doesnt really decrease the incidence of arteriosclerosis nd heart disease
byt vegatables would.
7) Often you are eating vetenarian (excuse spelling) meds fed to animals.