Some peole I know never smoke, but they died from Cancer, why?
Cancer - 11 Answers
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lots of things can cause cancer. not enough is known about the causes to put a finger on just why it happens.
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Unfortunately cancer is one of the cruel conditions where the actual cause in many cases is still unknown. Smoking is just one of the few known causes of certain types of cancers, but it is an unfortunate reality that many people who have never smoked still get diagnosed with cancer. In most these cases not even the doctors know why. All the best
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The same reason that one in seven million people win the lottery. Dumb (bad, in the case of lung cancer) luck.
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Smoking is just one way to get it there are many factors that go into cancer. You can be genetically predisposed to it, or environmental factors can cause it.
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By breathing smoke for others' cigarette. Second Hand smoke
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I believe that anyone who gets cancer has been exposed to a trigger chemical or substance and the quantity of that trigger chemical and the source vary from person to person.Cigarette smoke contain a lot of cancer causing chemicals but so does BBQ fire smoke, burnt toast gives of carcinogens, exhaust smoke from cars garden fires coal fires dust pollen etc etc peoples susceptibility to cancer may be better understood the more we understand about DNA
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my dad had lung cancer and he never smoked or drank the doctors didnt give him an answer cause u never now, it sucks it hard, but smokeing just makes it worse and is a bigger chance 2 get them also if your around people who smoke
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So many reasons and smoking is just one small part of the big picture. My sister-in-law never smoked a day in her life nor did her family. She developed lung cancer only after neglecting her breast cancer. Even though she had a mastectomy, it was to late, Some of those breast cancer cells found a nice cozy spot in her lungs and 5 yrs after her mastectomy, died of lung cancer. My brother died of brain and spinal cancer. No one knows how he got that. There are a lot of theories, but no one could actually pinpoint why. We all possess the cancer gene. Some are more prone to have that gene activated while others are not and both people could be living the same type life style. One may get cancer and the other won't. I guess it's a catch 22
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radon gas is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer. It is a colorless odorless gas that is found everywhere and your home should be be tested for it to make sure there are not high levels. It can be vented out if found to be a problem.
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There are 2 types of lung cancer - Google it - did you know that there is more cancer causing chemicals from car exhaust fumes, which do enter the car while driving than the amount of chemicals from cigarettes? There is also Radon gasses which rise from the ground into your home - most new built houses are actually built with tin foil under the floor to prevent Radon rising to the house.
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There is likely a genetic reason why this happens. It could relate to metabolism of other toxins in the body and transport to the lungs. Recently we had a scare about dioxins in Irish pork but the scare was withdrawn when it was realised that half the population simply couldn't metabolise the dioxin into the toxic peroxyacid forms that cause cancer....we lacked the enzyme. This is probably the reason why some people get lung cancer...they have duplications, triplications etc of metabolising genes that activate environmemtal toxins to a greater extent than normal
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