Of 31 cancers studied just nine were found to be linked to lifestyle or genetic faults. That means that “changing our lifestyle and habits will be a huge help in preventing certain cancers, but this may not be as effective for a variety of others,” as said coauthor Cristian Tomasetti, assistant professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. The results of the study are important helping future research. “We found that the types of cancer that had higher risk than predicted by the number of stem cell divisions were precisely the ones you’d expect, including lung cancer, which is linked to smoking; skin cancer, linked to sun exposure; and forms of cancers associated with hereditary syndromes,” specified coauthor Bert Vogelstein, professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
