Most types of cancer not due to “bad luck” – IARC responds to scientific article claiming that environmental and lifestyle factors account for less than one third of cancers
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization's specialized cancer agency, strongly disagrees with the conclusion of a scientific report on the causes of human cancer published in the journal Science on 2 January 2015 by Dr Cristian Tomasetti and Dr Bert Vogelstein.IARC Press Release 231
