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What Causes Cancer Posted By: aaroah sunil

December 11, 2009 by Muhammad Qasim · Leave a Comment 

What Causes Cancer Posted By: aaroah sunil

What Causes Cancer

Cancer is considered as the overgrowth of abnormal cells in the body, which generally go on to invade other tissues and organs within the body. This uncontrolled growth if left untreated may be deadly in most instances. There are more than 100 different types of cancers which may be categorized into 5 different sections including: carcinoma, sarcoma, leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma and central nervous system cancers. There are many factors that are said to induce the development of cancers. Although some persons are more at risk of developing cancer, it is believed that any human can develop the disease even if he or she does not seem to have any of the related risk factors. A few of these risk factors are displayed below.

Genetic Factor:

Having a genetic factor may play a great role in developing the disease. Usually a genetic link can be detected when 1’s family history is scrutinized. Having 1 or more relatives with the disease heightens the probability that a human may develop the disease specifically with hereditary cancers prefer breast cancer which may occur because of a mutated gene.

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