Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Graduate School of Public Health , University of Pittsburgh , 130 DeSoto Street , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States.
Chem Res Toxicol. 2019 Jun 17;32(6):949-951. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00390. Epub 2019 Apr 17.
A controversial study has claimed that most cancer is due to random processes unrelated to external causes, i.e., bad luck. The controversy has obscured the study's importance toward spurring scientific understanding of how best to prevent cancer.
一项颇具争议的研究声称,大多数癌症是由与外部因素无关的随机过程引起的,即运气不好。争议掩盖了这项研究在促进科学界更好地了解如何预防癌症方面的重要性。