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Cancer : Causes And Effects Of Cancer

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Throughout my experience with cancer I have gained a little more knowledge than I had before I was diagnosed with this nasty disease. This paper gives me the chance to explain some of the causes and effects that cancer has on those afflicted with the disease and those who are constantly around them. I am glad to be the one writing this paper. I believe that if people read more papers like this one that there would not be as much tormenting or misunderstanding of what people with cancer actually have to go through. Some of the effects that cancer has are not only on the patient, but also on the family and friends that are near and far. There are so many causes and effects for the many types of cancer I can only touch trying to be able to explain them. So I am going to explain what I know about lung, brain, and breast cancer to the best of my ability because most people do not know much about cancer since most have not had the personal experience. Although not all cancers have an exact cause but some of them do. According to the people I have known with lung cancer there are many causes to the diagnosis. A few of the causes include smoking, second hand smoke, and asbestos. Asbestos is also the cause of another cancer is caused mesothelioma. On the other hand not all lung cancer is caused by these things. Some are simply caused by inheriting gene mutations and are unpreventable. Effects of lung cancer are not good but not everyone experiences the same effects. Some people

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