My wife is a three-year survivor of triple negative breast cancer. The team of doctors who managed her case were very strident in saying that there is no evidence that anything you’ve done, including birth control, contributed to your cancer. I also caution people about discussing breast cancer without realizing that there are multiple types that require vastly different treatments. My wife’s - triple negative - was non-hormonal and requires very aggressive chemo and surgery as it can spread quickly within the first three years.
Well, I’ll have to disagree with that absolutist statement. There are plenty of impurities and harsh, unnatural chemicals that we put on and in our bodies all our lives which I’m convinced at least set the stage for a predisposition to cancer. Lifestyle habits are also a contributor. But I suppose doctors are trained to divert all culpability from the patient in the interest of making the patient and her family “more comfortable” as well as to avoid any undue malpractice accusations.
It’s not a sin to disbelieve and challenge doctors. In fact, it’s a duty in many cases.