People in my immediate family that have died from cancer:
All were heavy smokers. The men were drinkers.
My sister: age 38 lung cancer that had spread throughout her whole body.
My maternal grandfather: 70s – lung cancer
Two maternal uncles: lung cancer
One maternal aunt: lung cancer.
One maternal aunt: adrenal cancer, possibly from lung cancer
Yup all one family. All high risk from smoking, some from alcohol.
I have never smoked.
I am not a drinker, only an occasional recreational drinker.
And yet here we are. My daughter reminded me that we lived near Kodak and Xerox smokestacks our whole lives in Rochester and area. So my own risk factors are environmental.
