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Even though i may not have a family predisposition to cancer i can still get cancer. is this a true statement? never smoked.
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Yes: Yes, you can get cancer du to environmental, exposure to certain things, or spontaneous mutations of your DNA and cells.
Answered 2/25/2018
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