Would you say to an overweight person who took tamoxifen for years, but still got a recurrance “its your fault as you didn’t lose the weight by eating healthily and exercising enough”? That is also advice that any Dr would give, and arguably, in many cases reduces risk of death more than tamoxifen can - its not a wonder drug.
If you wouldn’t say that, then you for some reason have taken it upon yourself to cherry-pick just one thing that can reduce risk out of the many other risk factors that can have even greater effects. I trust you must be doing all the other things that reduce risk already, especially as they, on the whole, result in only positive side-effects. If not, wouldn’t that be just you not following advice too? Don’t worry, most of us would understand that developing an athletic, fit body to lower risk is easier said than done, so we wouldn’t castigate you for failing to manage it. Not in the way that you have done to people who choose not to have certain treatments.
If you think taking a pill that makes you feel ill, trumps a healthy mind and body through exercise and happiness, in the fight against cancer, you are misguided indeed. If people can no longer exercise due to side-effects of treatment, that is a conundrum to solve.
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