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Majority of cancers are down to bad luck, according to scientists

There's been criticism of a report by US scientists - claiming the majority of cancers are down to b...
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5:18 PM - 2 Jan 2015



Majority of cancers are down t...

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Majority of cancers are down to bad luck, according to scientists

TodayFM
TodayFM

5:18 PM - 2 Jan 2015



There's been criticism of a report by US scientists - claiming the majority of cancers are down to bad luck rather than an unhealthy lifestyle or poor diet.

The study says random mutations in DNA cells are responsible for two-thirds of diagnosed cases of the disease.

But journalist Christina Patterson, who survived breast cancer twice, is extremely sceptical:



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