"but cancer still strikes the healthy.".....without a doubt, Gracie. It can and it does. Granted lifestyle choices may keep us strong and feeling well, but there is more to this disease than preventing its happening by "good living." Genetics plays quite a role in what our bodies do when faced with initiation factors, by that I mean various stimuli that initiate molecular changes within our cells, our bodies. At this point, we have some clues about various triggers, but the entire chemical process is still shrouded.
My father lived to be 97 years old. His diet was loaded with fat, he smoked, drank every once in a while. My grandmother, Dad's mom, was in her late 90's when she passed...as was her mother. My father in law was the picture of health, eating correctly, exercising, he'd given up smoking years and years and years ago, and yet he was a cancer victim who lost his battle in his early 70's. His doctor said his good health and strong body kept him going, but his cancer was incurable.
Cancer is a horrible disease, a varied and multifaceted disorder and I have no doubt that one day it will be "conquered." Hopefully that day will come soon.
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