Researcher discovers seven DNA fingerprints that define cancer risk – News-Medical.Net

Lifestyle, or put another way ‘bad habits’, is one of the textbook explanations for why some people are at higher risk for cancer. We often hear that smoking increases our risk of developing lung cancer or that a high-fat diet increases our risk of developing bowel cancer, but not all smokers get lung cancer and not all people who eat cheeseburgers get bowel cancer. ‘Other factors’ must be at play.
Now, new research from University of Calgary scientist Dr. Edwin Wang, PhD, is shedding light on those…

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