CELL DIVISION
CELL DIVISION AND CANCEROUS CELLS
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Certain chemical exposure
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Radiation exposure
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Certain viral exposure
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All are possible causes of cancer
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Detailed explanation-1: -Smoking, drinking more than one drink a day for women and up to two drinks a day for men, excessive exposure to the sun or frequent blistering sunburns, being obese, and having unsafe sex can contribute to cancer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cancer is caused by certain changes to genes, the basic physical units of inheritance. Genes are arranged in long strands of tightly packed DNA called chromosomes. Cancer is a genetic disease-that is, it is caused by changes to genes that control the way our cells function, especially how they grow and divide.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some factors that increase your risk of developing cancer include behaviors such as smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, on-the-job exposure to chemicals, radiation and sun exposure, and some viruses and bacteria.