The End of Illness

This recent Forbes article describes the new book, The End of Illness, by Dr. David Agus.  According to this article, one of the premises of this book is that we should stop trying to cure cancer and focus on simply preventing it.  The author has a list of good ideas that will, under some conditions, lower your chances of developing cancer.
There is a major fault with this premise:  sometimes cancer develops through no fault of your own at all.  While it is true that certain actions such as smoking or working with certain solvents increases your chance of developing cancer, sometimes you are simply born predisposed to developing the disease.  According to researchers at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, approximately 5-10% of cancers are hereditary -- you are born with a mutation that will make you much more likely to develop cancer than the average person.
So, while the advice from Dr. Agus is probably good, his tips for living would only be a small step in the right direction.
Even if his advice would prevent every person without the genetic predisposition for cancer from developing it, we would still have millions of cancer victims who could be helped by further research into the disease and how to eradicate it.