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Major Factors That Cause Cancers Cancer is a disorder of genes. Genes are a small part of DNA which are made up of proteins. The genes mainly produce proteins which are involved in controlling cell growth and division. But due to errors or mutations(a sudden change), the abnormal change in the no. of cell divisions occurs and this increases to an uncontrollable change. This cha ...Breast Cancer - Insurance and Employment In addition to the medical and emotional issues one must deal with after having breast cancer, some other issues breast cancer survivors must deal with are health insurance and employment discrimination. As much as people want to deny the problem, there is discrimination against people who have had cancer. 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These problems have different origins. But most of the age-old troubles are a consequence of weak functioning or one can say retirement of the internal organs of the body. So as the individual plans his or her retirement from work, the body organs too propose their retreat. Ho ...
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