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Please explain why is cancer a life style disease?

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Dr. Carlos Encarnacion answered

Specializes in Medical Oncology

Because:: American cancer society data suggest that one third of cancer deaths can be prevented by healthy lifestyle (eating well, exercising, etc.) and another third by avoiding tobacco products. Add to that the cancers related to careless sexual habits and those related to environmental exposures and you probably have over 70% of cases. That is not to say you can avoid all cancers by living well, though.

Answered 1/20/2014

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