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Old 12-29-2013, 05:19 PM
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Default Speculations concerning cancer

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Originally Posted by manaboutown View Post
If they were brother and sister they probably grew up in the same house(s), ate the same food and so on for 20 years more or less. Too, how reliable/sophisticated is the genetic testing for various cancer indicators?

One of my high school classmates died of pancreatic cancer at about age 65. As far as I know he was never obese or smoked.
My brother-in-law passed at 52 from pancreatic cancer. He was an electrician. Asbestos? Never smoked and very healthy in a small Southern Illinois town.

Come on down---your chances of cancer are no greater here than any other place in the country.
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