Cancer is a term used for diseases which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues. First, when a carcinogen (a carcinogen is a substance that can lead to cancer) injures the cell’s DNA, the cell can either be repaired which will cause it to be an healthy cell or can permanently kill the cell’s DNA (if to many cells are killed that can lead to mutations, or changes in genes that can lead to cancer) or the carcinogen can cause the cell to directly transform into an cancerous cell. It is not really understood what causes cancer and why does it cause cancer. It said by many specialist and doctors that this different factors causes cancer.
• lifestyle factors: including nutrition, tobacco use, physical activity
• Naturally occurring factors: ultraviolet light, radon gas, infectious agents.
• Medical treatments
• Chemical exposures
However, there are many more carcinogens that can cause cancer they all have a different affect on people. With this in mind, receiving cancer depends on age, behaviors, genetics, and health stage. Older people are more likely to get cancer because their body isn’t as healthy as it was when they were younger however all ages can get cancer older people are just at a much