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Cancer Treatment and Prevention: No Easy Equation

by Gloria Gamat on May 30th, 2007

Genetics play a key role in cancer. It is as much to blame as the stuff we eat and all other elements we expose ourselves to - factors that predispose humans to cancer.

However, we can still choose to live a healthy life by choosing what we eat and adjusting our lifestyle - not the be-all and end-all of getting rid of cancer but this we can still do pre or post-cancer.

While it irritates us (it irritates me!) when experts say that it is something in our genes that’s why we get cancer, or Alzheimer’s or diabetes - making it sound like it is our fault we are sick, like we are born to get cancer or something.

But then breakthroughs in genetics have helped unlock more and more clues to the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases.

In this context, I leave you the following wonderful links I found today.

New Study Isolates 5 Breast Cancer Genes
Tomatoes can help Send Cancer Packing
Making Decisions for a Healthy Life

If not already, I hope we can find the right balance between genetics and lifestyle in the prevention and management of cancer.

Something like: you, case no. 1…we blame 75 percent of your cancer to genetics, therefore you must do 125 percent adjustment to your lifestyle (environment and food) so we can treat it. While you, case no. 2…50 percent of your cancer is because of your unhealthy lifestyle, diet and environment…we’ll redesign your genes a 150% so we can get rid of your cancer.

Whew! If only it is an equation as simple as that.

I think I am watching too much cartoon TV these days…blame it to my 4-year old son. ;-)

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