[Lien]

Sure, living a healthier life could make a difference, but not on an individual level.

My father has always been very health conscious. He is thin, exercises etc. He developed prostate cancer anyway
My mother died from stomach cancer. In hindsight, she had a campylobacter infection. Her doctor sent her to a shrink, because he thought her ulcer was caused by stress. She exercised, ate healthy, hardly ever drank alcohol, didn't smoke.
I believe my cancer was probably caused because my growth was stopped with a large dose of hormones between ages 14 and 16. We knew nothing about a possible link between hormones during puberty and breastcancer
My uncle died at age 20 from Hodgkins' disease. This was in 1958. Our country was trying to bounce back from the second WW. People were thin, food was expensive and meat was a luxury.
My cousin died at age 37 from leukemia. Yes, she drank and smoked, but not excessively and she exercised and had a healthy weight.
None of us was overweight.


Just trying to point out that something that is a factor in a population (healthy eating habits, exercise, moderate or no alcohol, not smoking) offers no guarantee for the individual. I am thin, don't drink alcohol, don't smoke, breastfed my babies for 8 and 11 months, because of my allergies I eat a super healthy diet, the kind that is supposed to prevent cancer, but I developed breastcancer anyway.

There are many other factors, some that we don't even know about, some that we only find out about when it is too late, that contribute to the development of cancer.

Today we were at my 60 year old Brother in Law's funeral. He smoked and drank and ate whatever he felt like. He had a healthy weight, he played tennis, and he died of lungcancer. Was this his own fault? He probably contributed to it. But his father smoked all his life, had the same lifestyle, and was overweight. He died in his sleep of old age at 85. Go figure!

Jacqueline