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Someone told me that once you've had cancer that you're more easy to develop another type of cancer. is this true?
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Depends: Some kinds of cancers are linked together like breast cancer and ovarian cancer but those have nothing to do with leukemia or brain cancer for example. Cervical cancer is not linked to other cancers if that is your concern.
Answered 3/12/2020
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Depends.: If your cancer was due to lack of a tumor suppressor gene then the answer is probably yes. If on the other hand your cancer was due to a specific exposure or to a random mutation then maybe not. Sometimes the treatment for a cancer can cause an increased risk for additional cancers down the line.
Answered 5/28/2013
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