Doomsayers are buzzing about a “groundbreaking” paper published inScience last month. It claims that two-thirds of cancer cases are due to bad luck. The unfortunate victims couldn’t have prevented the problem by doing anything different.
The study got a lot of play in the media. I was in London when the story broke, and people were even talking about it there. I was intrigued and wanted to know more. But when I learned the details of the research, I found out it’s just about the silliest cancer “theory” to hit the media in 30 years.
Today, I want to shed light on why this new study is way off-base, why you should ignore most of its claims – and the one tiny way it might have some value. . .
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