I'm just wondering... Could somebody please tell me???
2006-12-21 09:40:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
A lot of different ways. The most common is simply genetics. However, you can also get cancer from carcinogenic (cancer - causing) substances: most commonly cigarettes or radiation.
Cancer is the result of cells not receiving the instructions to stop multiplying, and hence, it is not contagious.
EDIT - The previous two answers are completely incorrect. You don't get cancer from drugs, nor do you get cancer from sex.
2006-12-21 09:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by unquenchablefire666 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are lots of ways that cancer occurs. Cancer happens when one of your cells sort of goes crazy - it has a change in an important gene that makes it act differently than it did before. Sometimes the change in the gene is caused by a chemical called a carcinogen - in other words a substance that tends to cause changes in cells that make them cancerous. Sometimes UV light causes changes in genes that make a cell cancerous - this is why if you get sunburned a lot you have an increased risk of skin cancer. Sometimes a cell becomes cancerous from a viral infection-- for instance Hepatitis C Virus increases the risk for developping liver cancer and some types of human papiloma virus (HPV) increase the risk for getting cervical cancer: however, most virus do NOT cause cancer - like colds and flu just make you feel sick for a little while.
Note that none of these causes guarantee that someone will get cancer, they just increase the chances of a cell becoming cancerous.
Other times, there is just a mistake in your cell that happens at random.
2006-12-21 09:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by yo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My nephew, when he was 18 months had an enlarged heart the size of an 18 year old male! He took medicine and got a new heart, but at age 3 he got cancer from the medicine he took. The 2 time he got cancer, I don't know why but I feel bad for him--poor thing!
he's only 4 (or 5 lol!) and he's still doing chemo!
2006-12-21 09:50:17 · answer #3 · answered by LÅÛ®ËÑ 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You can get "CANSER" from any thing
My Son had a Appendectecmy March 1993. They took a few Blood Sample's to see what might have been the Reason. They came back a few day's later. He was Diagnosed as haveing "Acute Lymphmas Leukemia (Blood CANSER)
2006-12-21 12:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by wayne_cooksley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If anyone really knew why they got cancer...there would not be any cancer. There are way to many kinds of cancer.
2006-12-21 16:35:33 · answer #5 · answered by hello 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well cancer is casued by a lot of different thing, but basically its a mutation in one cell affects other cells, and making more mutated cells.
2006-12-21 09:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by Dizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
genetic history plays a part in hereditary diseases such as heart attacks and strokes and cancer but there are risk reducing factors such as not Smoking or eating unhealthily and lots more besides for reducing illnesses .
2006-12-21 10:02:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
by cancer virus and parasites! plus carcinogens: PIp, HCA from the way of cooking, or benzyl from smoking, dioxins from heat of plastic contains, or exposure from insecticide and pollution, radon gas from air conditioner, abestos from insulation material, or eating food additives with high cancer risk...
2006-12-21 18:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by toodd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer cells are cells that do not die. Each minute we have millions and millions of cells that die and reproduce. Die and reproduce. The ones that do not die cause cancer.
2006-12-21 12:28:02 · answer #9 · answered by lazycat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your just unlucky I guess. I have ca and thats the only thing I can think of
2006-12-25 02:56:17 · answer #10 · answered by zarem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋