Can you get cancer if you don’t have a lot of life stress?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about madoffs son who died of cancer due to stress of the trial?

Correlation is not causation.

[Anonymous]

What about all the people who get cancer who don’t have excessive stress in their lives.

There’s a movie called Spontaneous that really nails what everyone on here is trying to say.

[Anonymous]

Almost everyone I know who got cancer in midlife (not old age) lived a healthy lifestyle. One friend got a super rare ovarian cancer and worked out daily and was the least type A I know. A friend with colon cancer is a renowned Pilates teacher and a vegan. And a dear friend who died of glioblastoma was a tennis pro and marathon runner. Sadly I think sometimes cancer does not make sense. My grandmothers were both overweight stress eatera who bickered and fretted all the time and both died at 90.

[Anonymous]

I think these days you will eventually die of cancer if you don't die of something else first. It's kind of inevitable.

[Anonymous]

Why would babies get cancer and die then, OP? Traumatic birth? C’mon.

[Anonymous]

Anybody can have cancer.

[Anonymous]

Of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our cat had cancer and she had a really nice and stressless life.

Hugs. My god is always letting out these huge sighs so I am thinking he somehow finds his life as a de facto ESA for our whole family stressful.

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Living with you guys is no picnic! 😂

[Anonymous]

Short answer: yes.

[Anonymous]

Getting cancer is often a perfect storm of a variety of things that increase your risk.

[Anonymous]

Lifestyle won't prevent cancer. Sorry for your loss. Try to not ruminate on why. There aren't answers there.

[Anonymous]

Yes. You can get cancer. No one knows exactly why other than our cells are mutating and it can happen seemingly randomly.

[Anonymous]

Op, i'm sorry that asking stupid questions if the way to process your grieving. But the answer is yes. Why don't you read a bit rather than posting dumb things?

[Anonymous]

Why is this a thread when it’s clearly just clickbait

[Anonymous]

Like anything else, very little with cancer is black and white.

Because stress can depress immune function it may play a role for some who get cancer. But of course, many people who have no stress still get cancer.

Some dietary or lifestyle factors can increase risk for some cancers. But again, there are many people who lead "ideal" lifestyles and still get cancer.

Modern medicine alone can cure many cancers (especially in the early stages), but some combination of modern medicine with carefully targeted supplements is probably the most effective approach.

I'll never understand why people take such an all or nothing stance on these issues.

--Another cancer survivor