Life choices 'behind more than four in 10 cancers'

[annie]

More than four in 10 cancers - 600,000 in the UK alone - could be prevented if people led healthier lives, say experts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30589712

[wendy]

I wonder if this is true.
My family smoked and then died from cancer.
My grandpa did not smoke and he died from cancer.

[maureenho]

I don't think it is always life style choices that cause Cancer as there wouldn't be so many children with Cancers.

[Misspears]

I don't think it is always true

[Rosalind]

I do not think it is true.

[maureenho]

Just One week ago they were saying it is life choices now they say it's bad luck

Most types of cancer can be put down to bad luck rather than risk factors such as smoking, a study has suggested.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30641833

[annie]

Lifestyle is only one cause of cancer, there are many others, usually is a combination of factors

[daisy]

If approx. 40% cancers are caused by lifestyle choices, that means approx. 60% are not lifestyle choices, ie whether they call it random or luck or anything else, there often is no rhyme nor reason why cancer happens.

I remember a work colleague who smoked Capstan Full Strength all his life - he had a long and healthy retirement! And then there are the children who get cancer and you wonder where's the justice in all of this.