https://paolaelefante.com/2015/01/getting-cancer-mostly-bad-luck/ Helping you reconnect with your direction and move forward with confidence Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://paolaelefante.com/2015/01/getting-cancer-mostly-bad-luck/#comment-21 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:54:12 +0000 https://paolaelefante.com/?p=209#comment-21 I would like to make a clarification, after several critics to the paper and how the press reported it.
This study does not tell you the cancer is mostly about bad luck, but that some data - limited to American population and some kinds of cancer - show a correlation between stem cell duplication ("bad luck") and chance of getting some type of cancer. This is a PRELIMINARY study that says "Hey, there could be something interesting here, let's research more about it".
It is wrong both to overstate this result and spread bad information, but as a scientist I say it's also wrong to diminish this result just because of viral bad press. I sincerely hope there will be further investigation about this matter.
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/01/bad-luck-and-cancer-science-reporter-s-reflections-controversial-story

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