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Are most cancers the result of poor lifestyle choices or bad luck ?

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Very interesting que: This is an interesting question! Since it is often not possible why one person gets cancer, so we can blame it on bad luck. But living a poor life style does increase the probability of Cancer. it is estimated that about 50% of all cancers are preventable if we adopted a healthy lifestyle which includes: No smoking, healthy plant based, low fat diet, keeping healthy weight,regular daily exercise

Answered 4/26/2016

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Big topic now: there've been several articles in very prestigious journals this year saying it's bad luck. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/bad_luck_of_random_mutations_plays_predominant_role_in_cancer_study_shows

Answered 10/20/2015

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