2007-10-22 01:30:08 · 20 answers · asked by BLACK R 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
you can get it at any age, some children are born with it.
2007-10-22 01:33:21 · answer #1 · answered by julie a 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its a disease that has no age barrier. You can get it at any age. How ever there are so many different cancers, so you are more likely to get some of these as you get older, eg prostate, but even with this there is always an exception . If you are concerned or have a history of it in your family go to a GPto get advice
2007-10-22 08:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by Dory 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cancer doesn't discriminate by age. Anyone, of any age, can get cancer...some cancers just tend to be found more frequently in people of a certain age or gender.
2007-10-22 08:37:32 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cancer does not discriminate and at any age anyone can get this disease. For this you should know what is cancer -
Cancer develops when cells in a part of the body begin to grow out of control. Although there are many kinds of cancer, they all start because of out-of-control growth of abnormal cells. Normal body cells grow, divide, and die in an orderly fashion. During the early years of a person's life, normal cells divide more rapidly until the person becomes an adult. After that, cells in most parts of the body divide only to replace worn-out or dying cells and to repair injuries.
Because cancer cells continue to grow and divide, they are different from normal cells. Instead of dying, they outlive normal cells and continue to form new abnormal cells.
Cancer cells develop because of damage to Deoxyribo-nucleic acid (DNA). This substance is in every cell and directs all activities. Most of the time when DNA becomes damaged the body is able to repair it. In cancer cells, the damaged DNA is not repaired. People can inherit damaged DNA, which accounts for inherited cancers. More often, though, a person's DNA becomes damaged by exposure to something in the environment, like smoking.
Cancer usually forms as a tumor. Some cancers, like leukemia, do not form tumors. Instead, these cancer cells involve the blood and blood-forming organs and circulate through other tissues where they grow.
Often, cancer cells travel to other parts of the body where they begin to grow and replace normal tissue. This process is called metastasis. Regardless of where a cancer may spread, however, it is always named for the place it began. For instance, breast cancer that spreads to the liver is still called breast cancer, not liver cancer.
Not all tumors are cancerous. Benign (non-cancerous) tumors do not spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body and, with very rare exceptions, are not life threatening.
Different types of cancer can behave very differently. For example, lung cancer and breast cancer are very different diseases. They grow at different rates and respond to different treatments. That is why people with cancer need treatment that is aimed at their particular kind of cancer.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world.. Today, millions of people are living with cancer or have had cancer. The risk of developing most types of cancer can be reduced by changes in a person's lifestyle, for example, by quitting smoking and eating a better diet. The sooner a cancer is found and treatment begins, the better are the chances for living for many years.
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2007-10-26 07:38:31 · answer #4 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer can affect anyone. My husband was diagnosed when he was 28. There was a little girl that took chemo at the clinic he went to who was only 7. Unfortunely anyone can get it.
2007-10-23 14:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by Becky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can but it is less likely. Your chances of getting it as you get much older are greater. I am concerned that you may be worried that you have it. Please see your doctor and put your mind at rest, if you are. I have had cancer twice and it was only through having it detected early that I am still here answering your question. All my best wishes.
2007-10-22 08:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by resignedtolife 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any age
2007-10-22 09:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can actually some people are born with cancer.
2007-10-22 08:37:36 · answer #8 · answered by lizzie s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry yes you can but cancer is no longer the big killer it was 30 years ago and many cancers are treatable now.
If you are worried see your GP.
2007-10-22 08:43:21 · answer #9 · answered by Jean O 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly you can get it at any age. It is a cell that reacts with something to make it deadly and everyone has this cell . . .
I presume you are asking this because you are concerned about yourslef?? If that's the case . . . I am deeply sorry.
2007-10-25 13:35:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, You can be born with cancer.
2007-10-24 14:27:17 · answer #11 · answered by teddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋