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Cancer and the Environment Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Cancer and the Environment In the era of globalized health care, the debate on whether environment exposure plays any role in the developing risks of cancer has attracted the attention of scholars, scientists, clinicians, and even households. Much research seems to focus specific ways through which the environment influences the development of cancer by type and severity (Rodgers, Udesky, Rudel, & Brody, 2018). While cancer is a disease with multiple risk factors, including both genetic and environmental risks factors, the environment is found to alter genetic mapping, increasing susceptibility to cancer. Studies have revealed that based on different types of cancer, some may even take more than forty years to develop after exposure to harmful substances. This paper will discuss the relationship between environmental exposures and risks of developing cancer. Through surveillance and tracking, research has demonstrated a relationship between different types of cancer and certain environmental pollutants (Nickels, Truong, Hein, Stevens, Buck, Behrens, & Gaudet, 2013). While the relationship does not rule out other factors, it does not highlight any environmental factors that increase the risk for some cancers. Studies further reveal that the causes of some cancers are unknown and are likely to be determined by several factors at different points in one's lifetime. Excessive tobacco use, physical inactivity, obesity and exposure to ultraviolet light have been cited the major risk factors for cancer (Rodgers et al., 2018). In some instances, the ionizing factor is reported to be a
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