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How is Cancer Caused

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Cancer Causes : Cancer is caused due to damage to the structure of DNA that governs the process of cell division. This may have happened as a result of different activities like smoking, working in unhealthy circumstances etc, so that cancer causing agents or Carcinogens have entered into the bloodstream. These carcinogens in turn cause damage or mutation in the DNA of the cell, this damage in turn activates a set of genes called “Oncogenes”. These are responsible for the rapid increase in the process of division, causing cancer.

Bladder Cancer Causes

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Causes of Bladder Cancer: There can be various factors which leads to Bladder Cancer. The first being with the growing age of a person.Secondly; high intake of fried meat and animal fat on daily diet increases the risk of this form of cancer. Smoking is also considered as the factor responsible for increasing the chances of bladder cancer.The main cause of bladder cancer is tobacco smoking. Smoking is responsible for over half of the cancer of the bladder cases. Cigarette smoke contains carcinogens such as benzidine and 2-Naphthylamine which are responsible for the disease. Occupational exposure of workers in factories dealing with aromatic animes can result to bladder cancer.Moreover individuals working in leather industry, dyes, textiles, rubber, hair coloring, and paint too are at a risk. Cytoscopic examinations revealed a high incidence of urinary tract cancer in Belgians exposed to “Aristolochia fangchi” through consumption of Chinese weight-loss pills. Carcinoma...

Causes Of Cancer

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1. Smoking 2. Working in hazardous environments without proper safety measure e-g an a plant that treats nuclear watses, or a plant that produces chemical based artificial dyes. 3. Age, Sex and Ethinicity of the person 4. History of cancer in the family.