Sascha Cohen
Sep 7, 2018 · 1 min read

My oncologist was honest with me — he said my cancer was caused by a specific genetic mutation (called BRCA1), not my diet. Which is too bad. The only lifestyle factor proven to be connected to (lung) cancer is cigarette smoking.

    Sascha Cohen

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    Writer and historian in Los Angeles. Bylines: Time, Vice, Playboy, Smithsonian, The Forward, Broadly, NYDaily News, etc. Queer femme. @SaschaSo70s

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