• Question: Do all cancers involve organs

    Asked by to Del, Catherine, John, Krishna, Mo Rassul on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      John Foster answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Hi,
      This is a good question! All organs can get cancer in them, there are over 200 different types of cancer. But there are cancers that occur in tissues rather than organs, such as leukemia which is a cancer of the blood.

    • Photo: Muhammed Rassul

      Muhammed Rassul answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Cancers can occur in pretty much any cell within your body. They will all have an effect on the organs, even if it is in a tissue like the blood. This is bacause the body is a very controlled environment and changes in any part of it will effect the other parts. Sort of like dominos.

    • Photo: Krishna Mohan Surapaneni

      Krishna Mohan Surapaneni answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      No; for example: Lukemia is a type of cancer of blood.

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