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There is a continuum. On the one hand, lifestyle choices, like smoking cigarettes, significantly predisposes an individual to lung cancer. On the other hand, some sarcomas (of the muscle) seem to be mostly genetically mediated. And, of course, there are the in-between cases, in which both lifestyle and genetics play a role.
It can be considered such, although Breast cancer can be genetic it can also be impacted by environmental and lifestyle factors. For example a high-fat diet and generally being overweight will increase risks of breast cancer, also risks are higher in women who use hormonal Birth Control.
All cancer can be caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, especially if the host is exposed to toxic chemicals like pesticides etc.!
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What is the transmission of melanoma?
Melanoma is a non-communicable disease and is not transmitted as an infectious disease is. It is the spreading of the disease.
Heart disease is and example of which type of disease infections or lifestyle?
Lifestyle disease
Is emphysema a lifestyle disease?
Yes it is. A lifestyle disease is a disease that occurs becuse of something someone does for example skin cancer is a lifestyle disease.
What is the difference between lifestyle disease and hereditary disease?
lifestyle diseases are a result of a bad lifestyle, heriditary diseases are also a result of a bad lifestyle but heredity plays a part in whether u get the disease
What kind of skin disease can be fatal?
Melanoma, scleroderma, or epidermolysis bullosa, to name a few.
Radiation may help malignant melanoma patients in what stage of the disease?
Radiation therapy is typically used for malignant melanoma patients in later stages of the disease (stage III or IV). It may be used to shrink tumors, relieve symptoms, or treat specific areas of metastasis.
Can the stages of melanoma be affected by diet?
If you are not eating properly and, as a result, your heath declines, then that could affect the advancement of melanoma. Your body needs to be strong to fight the disease, not weakened by poor nutrition.
How do patients with metastasized melanoma react to therapy?
Treatment for those patients who present with or go on to develop systemic disease usually fails; melanoma that has metastasized to the brain is particularly difficult to treat.
How Does Alexander disease affect lifestyle?
it doesnt
Is pneumonia a lifestyle disease hereditary disease or infectious disease?
It is an infectious disease. However, you are more apt to get it if you smoke or have otherwise unhealthy lungs.
What causes you to get heart disease?
Reasons of having Heart Disease : ^ Lifestyle ^Improper Diet ^Heridetary
What is the most common lifestyle disease?
A lifestyle disease is a disease you are not born with but is resulted in risk factors eg smoking, drink driving, lack of exercise, poor diet, etc. For eg Diabetes is not usually a lifestyle disease though Diabetes TYPE 2 is. Also Skin Cancer is and a lot of other cancers aren't
