Study suggests cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck.
A report published in the journal ‘Nature’ has suggested that around 70-90% of cancers are caused by external or environmental factors like a poor diet,lack of exercise,stress and pollution and only 10-30% are down to bad luck.
Dr Emma Smith, from Cancer Research UK said that ” While healthy habits like not smoking, keeping a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet and cutting on alcohol are not a guarantee against cancer, they do reduce the risk of developing the disease.”
