Causes of Cancer: Genes, Environment and Chance

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Causes of Cancer: Genes, Environment and Chance

Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions. 
Cristian Tomasetti et al. Science, January 2, 2015

The simple math that explains why you may (or may not) get cancer. 
Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science, 1 January 2015

Bad luck of random mutations plays predominant role in cancer, study shows. --Statistical modeling links cancer risk with number of stem cell divisions,Johns Hopkins University, Jan 1, 2015

Who gets cancer? Bad luck plays a big role, AJC, Jan 1, 2015

Bad luck, bad journalism and cancer rates, The Guardian, Jan 2, 2015

What causes cancer? Find out what we know. The 13th Report on Carcinogens, from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, 2014

Epidemiology, epigenetics and the ‘Gloomy Prospect’: embracing randomness in population health research and practice. 
George Davey Smith, International Journal of Epidemiology, December 2014

CDC information on cancer prevention and control

Genes and environment: Cancer causes and risk factors, from the National Cancer Institute

Is cancer just bad luck? Part I. Known risk factors are poor predictors, by Ken Weiss, Mermaid Blog Post, Jan 5, 2015

Is cancer just bad luck? Part II. It's a genetic, but usually unpredictable, disease, by Ken Weiss, Mermaid Blog Post, Jan 6, 2015

Cancer's random assault, by Denise Grady, New York Times, Jan 5, 2015

Bad luck, not genes or the environment, cause for many cancers, researchers find, PBS Newshour, Jan 2, 2015