• Question: What factor do you think affects the most in cancer?

    Asked by Noraa to Ben, Lizzie, Francis, Max, Sian on 8 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Sian Richardson

      Sian Richardson answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      Different cancers can be caused by different things but i suppose the two biggest factors are genes and the environment

    • Photo: Lizzie Wright

      Lizzie Wright answered on 10 Mar 2018:

      Yes, I would agree. Our environment greatly alters our risk of cancer – this includes what we eat, how much exercise we do, if we are exposed to the sun or any other radiation. Currently, obesity and overweight is a major cause for concern for increased risk of some types of cancers.

      The other biggest factor is age – the older we get, the more our cells have divided and with each division, thee is a chance of a mutation occurring in a gene.

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