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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohns Hopkins study finds two-thirds of all cancer is just bad luck.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/new_study_finds_that_most_cancer_mutations_are_due_to_random_dna_copying_mistakes?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=Research&utm_content=ServiceLineKimmelIt is well-known that we must avoid environmental factors such as smoking to decrease our risk of getting cancer. But it is not as well-known that each time a normal cell divides and copies its DNA to produce two new cells, it makes multiple mistakes, says Cristian Tomasetti, Ph.D., assistant professor of biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. These copying mistakes are a potent source of cancer mutations that historically have been scientifically undervalued, and this new work provides the first estimate of the fraction of mutations caused by these mistakes.
We need to continue to encourage people to avoid environmental agents and lifestyles that increase their risk of developing cancer mutations. However, many people will still develop cancers due to these random DNA copying errors, and better methods to detect all cancers earlier, while they are still curable, are urgently needed, says Bert Vogelstein, M.D., co-director of the Ludwig Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
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Johns Hopkins study finds two-thirds of all cancer is just bad luck. (Original Post)
Glimmer of Hope
Mar 2017
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underpants
(182,868 posts)1. Interesting. Cancer info
Marking to read later
HipChick
(25,485 posts)2. My grandfather owned a tobacco farm..
He smoked tobacco leaf right off the tree..no filter...
He lived to be 101...go figure..
dhill926
(16,351 posts)4. no additives and other noxious shit....
HipChick
(25,485 posts)5. Meanwhile....friend, 35, Vegan ...eats all the healthy stuff
diagnosed with Stage III...
dhill926
(16,351 posts)6. same thing happened to my sister...
crazy....
HipChick
(25,485 posts)9. wow..sorry to here that...
dhill926
(16,351 posts)10. thank you...she's doing great though...
probably all the healthy shit...past the 5 year thing...
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)8. Me too and all my genetic testing was negative. :(
Lanius
(599 posts)3. So does this mean Republicans can still chastise others for their lifestyle choices?
milestogo
(16,829 posts)7. Therefore we can abolish the EPA and not worry about
contaminants in our air and water caused by industrial pollution.