• Question: Why are there so many different types of cancer?

    Asked by Wolfbud to Matt on 22 Jun 2017.
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      Matthew Lee answered on 22 Jun 2017:


      this is all because there are so many different types of cell in the body. Cancer is basically a cell that doesnt stop growing. So any cell in the body can become a cancer cell. We have about 200 different types of cell in the body which means there are about 200 different types of cancer you can get. Some cancers are much more common tho, and most cancers are of epithelial type cells, this is like lung cancer and breast cancer.

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