hello kathy, the way it came across to me was that the suppression of generalized male bloodlust led to cancer - ie it related to the unpopluar ceasefire which suppressed the testosterone-fired aggression.

*perhaps it was the shock to the system of being stirred up with hatred by war and then being prevented from acting it out ie. the ultimate cause was war not cessation of war.
or more prosaically - *perhaps the men were exposed to heavy metals or were sexually repressed during the long time they spent fighting and only had time to get diagnosed when peace was declared.

who knows? speculation about epidemiology is not apolitical, as this example shows. i prefer my suggestions because i believe "blessed are the peacemakers" but that doesn't mean i'm right.
homoeopathy is successful when we cut out speculation.

ref MS, there seem to be two types - sensory and motor, individual patients being affected more in one area than another.