• Question: Is there more than 100 cancers?

    Asked by you cant see me to Theresia, Katie, Giovanna, Andy, Duane on 17 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Lo-Bo Cookie.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Probably as there are over 200 different types of cell, so each could in theory become cancerous

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Yes i would think so, there are so many different types of cancer and types of cell they occur in

    • Photo: Giovanna Bermano

      Giovanna Bermano answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      Yes, each different type of cell in the body has the potential to become cancer and there are about 200 different types….without considering that they can interact differently with one another and cause different cancers!!!!

    • Photo: Katie Pickering

      Katie Pickering answered on 21 Nov 2014:

      I have no idea how many differnt types there are I’m afraid. What the others say makes snese though and as cells can evolve in many ways there are still probably new strains that haven;t been identfied yet either. There is a lot of research still ongoing into cancer and al ot of good is coming out of that too.

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