I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
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Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#2Found this link on LinkedIn and felt like sharing to more readers. One of the best Cancer stories I read recently. Very informative!
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#3I recall a study that estimated ~2/3rds of all cancers are due to uncontrollable factors outside of lifestyle choices - genetics, random mutations, etc.
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#4Link failing because of some TLS/SSL issue on my side.
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#5Maybe our ideas about what “health” is need some work.
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#6Doesn't work?
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#7I recall a study that estimated ~2/3rds of all cancers are due to uncontrollable factors outside of lifestyle choices - genetics, random mutations, etc.
Being in control of the other third is fairly significant... Seems almost too significant?
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#8Individually, a person can reduce their cancer risk with a few things like not smoking, and avoiding sunburns, etc. but that does not eliminate the risk of cancer. It's not a disease that primarily comes from unhealthy living.
That said, there is a toooon of cancer that we can prevent as a society though better public health messaging and better environmental laws, such as creating housing and cities that ban cars, so that we are not continually exposed to pm25 risks.
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#9I recall a study that estimated ~2/3rds of all cancers are due to uncontrollable factors outside of lifestyle choices - genetics, random mutations, etc.
Being in control of the other third is fairly significant... Seems almost too significant?
How so? What you put into and on your body for decades should have a pretty big impact on cancer
Re: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
#10Individually, a person can reduce their cancer risk with a few things like not smoking, and avoiding sunburns, etc. but that does not eliminate the risk of cancer. It's not a disease that primarily comes from unhealthy living. That said, there is a toooon of cancer that we can prevent as a society though better public health messaging and better environmental laws, such as creating housing and cities that ban cars, s…
Second to not smoking is getting checked at the first sign of anything suspicious. A lot (tens of percents) of people wait months or years.