• Question: I have heard that everyone has cancer cells in them but they don't turn into cancer because they are disorganised, so do you think that by the time cancer has evolved to be less disorganised cancer will be cured or will it kill us all? thanks for the answer

    Asked by sparkels to Carmen, Laura, Noel, Steph on 18 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Laura Garcia Ibanez

      Laura Garcia Ibanez answered on 18 Mar 2015:


      Cancer cells appear in your body everybody just because of random mutations when a cell is proliferating. They don’t turn into cancer because they are detected as abnormal by the immune system and killed. Cancer develops when this abnormal cells are able to evade the immune system and do not get killed. I hope this answer helps! Cheers sparkels!

    • Photo: Carmen Denman

      Carmen Denman answered on 20 Mar 2015:


      Excellent answer Laura, just going to add that cancer is a normal part of the mammalian aging process so it is typical for our bodies to develop,e cancer as we age. However since we now live so much longer we develope all sorts of disease that we didn’t use to when the age span was shorter.
      Cheers!
      Carmen

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