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Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns
Until they know why cells turn cancerous, they can’t stop it. Treatment, depending on how soon it’s caught.
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Sorry to hear about your mom, but we know why cells turn cancerous.
Once you have cancer you are at a higher chance to get it again. This is because although the cancer may have been eradicated, the non-cancerous precurser cells that gave rise to it are still dividing. As those cells divide they are subject to the same transcription and translation errors that gave rise to the cancer the first time. Some of their daughter cells may get errors that make cancer less likely, and others more likely. But the more precurser cells that are 'close' to becoming cancerous, then your overall chances increase.