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Dear Doctor: Reader was ‘scared to death’ over recent comment Dr. Roach made in cancer column
Dear Doctor: Reader was ‘scared to death’ over recent comment Dr. Roach made in cancer column
Dear Doctor: Reader was ‘scared to death’ over recent comment Dr. Roach made in cancer column

Published on: 03/16/2026

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Dr. Roach: A person who’s had cancer is more likely to get a new and separate cancer than the average person (who has about a 25% to 30% chance of dying from cancer). Getty Images

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your column every day. In a recent column. you wrote: “Since age is the major risk factor in getting cancer, it is likely that some people who were cured of their original cancer will later succumb to a different one.”

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