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tigry1 [53]
3 years ago
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What are possible risk factors that increase an individual's chance of developing cancer?

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2 answers:
aleksley [76]3 years ago
6 0
Your age (<span>cancer can take decades to develop and that's why most people diagnosed with cancer are 65 or older)</span>, habits (smoking, drinking more than one alcoholic drink a day), family history (<span>it's possible that mutations are being passed from one generation to the next)</span>, your health conditions (<span>some chronic health conditions, such as ulcerative colitis, can markedly increase your risk of developing certain cancers) and your environment (</span><span>environment around you may contain harmful chemicals that can increase your risk of cancer).</span>



Dovator [93]3 years ago
5 0

Tobacco, sunlight, ionizing radiation, some chemicals, some viruses and bacteria, some hormones, genetic predisposition, poor diet, and lack of exercise are all possible risk factors for cancer.

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