Question 1

could someone get cancer from diet mountin dew?

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Doubtful: However, sodas should be consumed in moderation and consider drinking something healthier instead with less caffeine.
Try water.

Question 2

can you please tell me the odds that someone over 60 will get cancer?

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Depends: Cancer risk depends on a lot of factors, including age, gender, and family history.  There are a lot of different cancer types!  for breast cancer, the odds are 4% over 10y for 60y olds (and 1 in 8 for all women).  Lung cancer in men is around 2% over 10y but is higher in smokers.  Colon cancer risk increases over age 50y which is why colonoscopies are recommended.  Discuss with your doctor!

Question 3

what are the odds that someone over 60 will get cancer? is it higher than younger people?

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Higher in older: Cancer is more common in older than in younger people and the incidence varies by gender. See this site for more detailed information.
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/incidence/age/.

Question 4

can someone get cancer from chemotherapy?

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Yes but its rare: Chemicals of various kinds can be carcinogenic. Similarly chemotherapy drugs have a known small risk to cause secondary cancers. Two classes of Anticancer drugs are more prone to cause Cancer. These include alkylating agents(like Melphalan) and anthracyclines like Doxorubicin. The benefits of chemotherapy are much greater than the small risk(1-2% or lower) of causing cancer.

Question 5

how likely is someone to get voluntary cancer screenings and how?

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Sure: Screening is always voluntary, nobody makes you do it.  If you meant free, depends on what is available in your community.  Just talk to your doctor and he/she will tell you which screening tests are appropriate for your age and level of risk and also tell you if there are low or no cost screenings available.

Question 6

is it possible for a person to get cancer by getting blood from someone with cancer?

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No.: We are at the threshold of being able to find cancer cells in a patient's blood stream, and these methods seem to indicate that when you see this finding, outlook is less favorable.  If cancer cells are in a donatde unit, they contain hla antigens.  The blood is matched for ABO and rh antigen, but not hla, so your immune system would reject the cancer cell. No repoprted case ever.

Question 7

how do people get cancer?

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Multifactorial: It is believed that cancer comes about when the normal growth patterns of cells becomes abberant and there is thus rapid proliferation of the cells. This displaces the normal tissues. What triggers this uncontrolled growth is unknown. There are numerous associations that have been clearly shown to predispose one to cancer. For example, smoking, exposure to radiation, exposure to certain chemicals.

Question 8

how can women get breats cancer?

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Don't know: I am also a molecular geneticist. As far as my knowledge goes, we still do not know how cancer develops in most cases. But we have made significant progresses. We now know the interaction between genetic factors and environmental factors is the major cause. For example, certain gene mutations can increase the risk of breast cancer, such as brac, p53, pten, etc.

Question 9

do 16 year olds ever get cancer?

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Yes: Unfortunately anybody at any age can get cancer.  It is rare in childhood and becomes much more common in the elderly.

Question 10

how can  cancer get into a body?

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It is the body: Cancer is a disease due to the failure of immunosurveillance.

To put it simplistically, the body is like a huge assembly line and the quality control fails to reject the defective cells that are manufactured. There are several reasons as to why the defective cells are produced and research is still continuing on the causation. 
Cancer can be grown in lab animals but is not done so in humans.

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