Most Cancers Are 'Not Down To Bad Luck'

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Up to 90% of cancers are caused by modern lifestyle choices such as smoking, drinking and spending too much time in the sun, according to a new study.

The findings contradict research published earlier in the year which claimed that two-thirds of cancers were caused simply by "bad luck".

The paper came to the following conclusions about the split between environmental and natural causes for certain types of cancer:

:: Colorectal cancer: 25% naturally - 75% poor diet
:: Skin cancer: 14% naturally - 86% ultraviolet radiation from the sun
:: Cervical cancer: 10% naturally - 90% human papilloma virus
:: Oesophageal cancer: 25% naturally - 75% tobacco and alcohol
:: Liver cancer: 20% naturally - 80% Hepatitis B and C, alcohol
:: Anal cancer: 10% naturally - 90% human papilloma virus
:: Lung cancer: 14% naturally - 86% smoking

In an earlier study from January, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore looked at 31 cancer types and found that 22 were generally "bad luck".

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/most-cancers-not-down-bad-luck-025849421.html

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Smoke like a chimney, drink like a fish, but stay oot of the sun so skin cancer minimal.

Bad part is I spend too much time on DK, so might die of brain cancer from reading meaty posts and the shoite in the SB.

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Bad part is I spend too much time on DK, so might die of brain cancer from reading meaty posts and the shoite in the SB.

need one first duf a pea dont qualify

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would be interesting to find out the actual % of cancer which is caused by pollution, would hazzard a guess at quite high, seen on news this morn cancer is the biggest killer in china and look at the state of their cities cant see for smog and they go roond in surgical masks.

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would be interesting to find out the actual % of cancer which is caused by pollution, would hazzard a guess at quite high.

Would have to agree with that, specially workplace pollution. Carcinogens in manufacturing, second hand smoke in service industry, etc.

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On topic:-

daddy died from cancer (still dead), went from "faulty" to "brown bread"
six months, never smoked only drunk when younger, not a sun worshipper etc.


his friend (the one I inherited when he died) smokes like a chimney 2 fags/hour
drinks like a beer taster, still not dead!

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There bringing in a new law over here from jan 1 2016 if your kids are in the car and your smoking 100 euro fine
Great law IMO.

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There bringing in a new law over here from jan 1 2016 if your kids are in the car and your smoking 100 euro fine
Great law IMO.

Banned smoking in pup now 9 years a go from 1st Dec 2006 and there are more people with cancer related cases then before, referring to stop people to stop smoking in the car with children’s not going far enough when no one will be monitoring parents smoking in one room when all the children’s are present don’t make s?ance, another money making machine invention…

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Easy to stop deaths from smoking and drinking - make 'em both illegal. Oh yeah I forgot, the government is making a profit (tax is a profit really, as is not paying pension due to premature death) from the deaths of people at an earlier age, and why would they want to help anyone prove that it's more about the air that's polluted eh.

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I aint gotta to worry about cancer no more

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I aint gotta to worry about cancer no more

Our govt should legalise this pain killer stuff and make it compulsory for all young and old need to smoke twice a day under N/H service scheme!!!!