Cancer is not just 'bad luck' but down to environment, study suggests

Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests. Earlier this year, researchers sparked a debate after suggesting two-thirds of cancer types were down to luck rather than factors such as smoking. The new study, in the journal Nature, external, used four approaches to conclude only 10-30% of cancers were down to the way the body naturall

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[avalon1982]

“"There is still an element of luck as not every smoker gets cancer, but they have stacked the odds against them. ”

[frothmouth]

“Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests.”