Cancer is not a random assault of genetic bad luck
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Is cancer, the emperor of all maladies, preventable? The answer has been controversial. According to two influential studies (201…
Is cancer, the emperor of all maladies, preventable? The answer has been controversial. According to two influential studies (201…
Bad luck in cancer research?
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Describing it that way can be damaging to patients, families and caregivers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Put that cigarette down, skip the beer, and eat more fruits and veggies -- your cancer risk will go down dramatically.
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Despite the study in one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals, and the high-profile media coverage of it: no…
Much has been written about the importance of reproducibility and ways to improve it, from pre-registering study protocols to…
A few years ago, Tomasetti and Vogelstein (2015) published a paper where they noted a correlation between rates of cancer and…
We humans are wired to search for a causative agent when something bad happens. When someone develops cancer, we seek a reason.
Kreftsykdom har mange årsaker, og nå viser en studie at uflaks kan være den viktigste. Helt tilfeldige feil under celledeling…
A while back, Vogelstein and Tomasetti (V-T) published a paper in Science in which it was argued that most cancers cannot be…
Worrying.
But it's complicated—and the medical community is not in agreement about the new findings
"People want a reason why these cancers happen," Dr. Bert Vogelstein says. "Well, here’s the reason: Cells make mistakes. That’s…
Il y a deux ans, à peu près tous les médias du monde avaient fait leur manchette d’une étude parue dans Science, qui était décrit…
by Graham ColditzThe debate regarding luck, prevention, and cancer risk is in the media again today (see Science, NPR, Forbes…
Cancer cells in culture from human connective tissue, illuminated by darkfield amplified contrast, at a magnification of 500x. …
SALUTE – Aveva fatto scalpore la notizia apparsa nientemeno che su Science a gennaio 2015, in cui un team di ricercatori della…
At the beginning of 2015, headlines were filled with claims that cancer was ‘mainly down to bad luck’. But as we and several othe…
美国人似乎非常惧怕癌症,而且有着充分的理由。跟其他那些杀死我们的
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(Photo: pulmonary_pathology/Flickr)Most of us worry, at least sometimes, about doing the right things to prevent cancer. Should…
A high profile paper just published in the highly prestigious journal Nature suggests that overwhelmingly, cancer results from “e…
Not long ago Vogelstein and Tomasetti stirred the pot by suggesting that most cancer was due to the bad luck of inherent…
Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland…
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It's been another big year of cancer prevention news, and it started with a real splash way back in January with a headline-grabb…
Avere un cancro non è una questione di sfortuna, ma lo sviluppo della malattia è influenzato, nel 90% dei casi, da fattori…
New research suggests the risk of most cancers can be attributed to environmental factors, countering the so called "bad luck…
A new study from Stony Brook University in New York suggests that there is far less "chance" involved with developing cancer…
Earlier this year, researchers sparked a debate after suggesting two-thirds of cancer types were down to luck rather than…
Findings reiterate need to curb factors within our control, such as lifestyle and toxin exposureRelated items from OnMedicaGene…
A new study has just been published in the journal Nature that calls the so-called "bad luck hypothesis"of cancer formation …
A new study has just been published in the journal Nature that calls the so-called "bad luck hypothesis"of cancer formation …
Recently, Tomasetti and Vogelstein (the latter a senior and highly regarded cancer geneticist) suggested that most cancer is…
In his first post for The Bigger Picture, Professor Mel Greaves offers insights into the evolution of cancer defence mechanisms…
By Megan Cooley The idea of cancer as bad luck has been grabbing everyone’s attention lately, since the article was …Continue…
Dette er den hårde konklusion fra et nyt kræftstudie publiceret i Science. Men det betyder ikke, at vi ikke selv kan gøre noget…
This afternoon I stumbled across this one weird trick an undocumented part of the YAML headers that get processed when you…
Científicos del Centro Oncológico Kimmel de Johns Hopkins han creado un modelo estadístico que mide la proporción de la…
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I’ve had this conversation a hundred times. My patient, still stunned by her recent breast cancer diagnosis, asks the “why me?…
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Scanning electron micrograph of just-divided cancer cells | Credit: Zeiss Merlin HR-SEM. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Cancer's Random AssaultMany people are aware that cancer arises from within, and that random genetic mutations are an…
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George Johnson in The New York Times: Unlike Ebola, flu or polio, cancer is a disease that arises from within — a consequence…
. If you’ve been on the Internet at all in 2015, you’ve probably stumbled across headlines like “Two-thirds of cancers are due…
La replica a Science: «La prevenzione resta la prima arma per vincere la battaglia contro i tumori» «Profondo disaccordo con…
I am sure we all read it in the papers several weeks ago: Two-thirds of all cancers are caused by bad luck. The New York Times…
There are many forms of cancer that ravage the body, but the key feature they share is uncontrolled cell growth. Virtually any…
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Are two-thirds of cancer due to bad luck as many recent headlines have stated? Well, we don’t really know. The paper that…
I do not, under any circumstances, think that the American Cancer Society is a good source of info on cancer, because they are…
The recent study in the journal Science, which suggested that most cancers are due to bad luck rather than lifestyle or…
Recently, the results of a study claiming that most cancers are caused by “bad luck” have been floating around in the…
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6217/78.fullCristian Tomasetti and Bert VogelsteinMost cells in tissues are partially or…
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While the paper by Tomasetti and Vogelstein is certainly intriguing and will help guide future research on targeting prevention…
While environmental factors and genetics play a role in the development of cancer, scientists at Johns Hopkins University have…
«Lo studio pubblicato su Science, secondo cui il 65 per cento dei tumori nasce per caso, non è un invito a trascurare gli stili…
Denise Grady in The New York Times: It may sound flippant to say that many cases of cancer are caused by bad luck, but that is…
Yesterday, we discussed some history of research on the cause and predictability of cancer. Today, we'll try to raise some…
Some posts and articles worth reading (now obtained almost automatically from my tweets) Roundup and ‘Gluten Intolerance’ http:…
What causes cancer? It’s a simple question to ask, and – in so many ways – one of the hardest to answer. And last week, as 2015…
La «nouvelle», si le terme convient vraiment, a fait beaucoup de bruit ces derniers jours : selon une étude publiée dans la…
The chances are that, if you follow news articles about cancer, you’ll have come across headlines like “Most Cancers Caused By…
Despite the scientific community’s long-standing dislike of the concept of “luck”, it seems that randomness is precisely…
One of the more difficult conversations to have with a patient as a cancer doctor occurs when a patient, recently informed of…
Cancers are a highly unpredictable set of diseases, representing a fundamental problem in understanding causation that…
Ya está disponible el audio del podcast de Eureka, mi sección en La Rosa de los Vientos de Onda Cero. Como siempre, una…
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Vários sítios web noticiosos estão repercutindo um estudo recentemente publicado a respeito da variação do risco de câncer…
Why Ask Why?There are many reasons people are interested in the causes of cancer in pets. On a purely emotional level, it is…
It's not really a fair question. Cancer is cancer, but that's true at least somewhat in the same sense in which a virus is a…
I was on Radio 4 PM (starting at 37:09) and BBC News Channel yesterday discussing the study published in Science " Variation in…
I was on Radio 4 PM (starting at 37:09) and BBC News Channel yesterday discussing the study published in Science " Variation in…
I was on Radio 4 PM (starting at 37:09) and BBC News Channel yesterday discussing the study published in Science " Variation in…
Zaledwie w zeszłym miesiącu pisałem o pracy sprawdzającej rzetelność notek prasowych oraz artykułów na nich opartych. I nie…
Zaledwie w zeszłym miesiącu pisałem o pracy sprawdzającej rzetelność notek prasowych oraz artykułów na nich opartych. I nie…
许多人被确诊癌症后都不禁要问:为什么是我?美国科学家1日说,多达三
The chances are that, if you follow news articles about cancer, you’ll have come across headlines like “Most Cancers Caused By…
Nicht nur der Lebensstil und die Gene tragen zur Krebs-Entstehung bei. Es ist auch eine Glückssache, ob jemand Krebs bekommt…
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Please, journalists, get a clue before you write about scienceThe big science/health news story this week is about cancer rates…
There are so many big questions about cancer. They resonate with me very strongly as a cancer researcher and a cancer survivor…
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Two-thirds of all cancers are caused by random mutations and not genetics or lifestyle factors, say scientists from Johns…
Rather than a lifestyle with bad habits and genetics, scientists have found that bad luck is responsible for two-thirds of the…
封面故事:冈比亚按蚊的口器、组织易患癌症是因为运气不好之故吗?、