Is it possible to deliberately get cancer? Maybe injecting a malignant tumor? I'm asking this just out of curiosity.
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1cancer can be transplanted unforunately. – Graham Chiu Oct 14 '17 at 22:35
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2Smoking seems to be pretty effective – Ben Oct 15 '17 at 01:17
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1+1 This is a good question. – Carey Gregory Oct 15 '17 at 03:50
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@GrahamChiu The start of an answer? – LаngLаngС Oct 15 '17 at 16:15
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The answer depends on host factors, quite complicated. So, someone else can answer! – Graham Chiu Oct 16 '17 at 08:40
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Cancer can be transplanted? How is the procedure? And does it guarantee cancer? – asmani Oct 16 '17 at 20:00
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It’s not like anyone is voluntarily transplanting cancer. I’ve found no studies on animals, but there are case study’s were during organ donors and other transplantation, undetected cancer has been transplanted. I have updated my answer with that information. – Narusan Oct 16 '17 at 20:29
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A decent share of radiation will do the trick for you, as both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also physicists experimenting with the newly found radiation have shown.
There even is a unit (sievert) which measures how cancerous a dose of radiation is. One sievert is equivalent to a 5,5% chance of cancer.
Relevant XKCD for how what radiation has how much sievert:
Furthermore, cancer can be transplanted. This is an issue that has been subject to quite a few conferences.
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@Asmani Stand next to a detonating atomic bomb? Stand next to a nuclear reactor when it melts? Some elements are highly radioactive and will work as well, especially once consumed they are difficult to get out of the body system. – Narusan Oct 16 '17 at 20:33
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1Aflotoxins are the most carcinogenic substances known. They should do as well as radiation. – Carey Gregory Oct 17 '17 at 01:48
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1KMR-Liste for a list of possibles; and a prime example of 2011 web design standards: The Carcinogenic Potency Database to rate them. – LаngLаngС Oct 17 '17 at 13:22
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