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I find it quite alarming that you probably had cancer for some years before any noticeable symptoms. I heard of Tessa Jowells brain cancer last week and her diagnosis was also completely unexpected. Cancer kills healthy cells and it can spread all over the body. Yet while doing so it can go undetected for so long and make it even harder to eliminate. But the other thing which struck me is how in all other respects how healthy you were. For a non smoking occasional wine drinking vegetarian with two dogs should I would have thought been sufficiently immune from cancer. I used to think that if you had a healthy diet and did not smoke and only drank in moderation and took regular exercise you would be fine. But I suppose this was a bit naive of me
so I now think anyone can get it no matter what. Maybe healthy people are statistically less likely to get it but get it they can