Causes of Cancer

    What we know about the causes of cancer including how lifestyle factors such as a high-fat diet and lack of exercise play an important role. Our guest is ROBERT WEINBERG, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research and American Cancer Society Research Professor at MIT, and a Member of the Whitehead Institute. He co-authored a recent article in Newsweek Magazine entitled, “Your Lifestyle, Your Genes, and Cancer.”
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