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How is colon cancer transmitted to humans?

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Cancer has many different causes, and the cause of any specific cancer may never be known. There are carcinogenic chemicals such as benzene or formaldehyde, there are carcinogenic viruses, there are genetic defects which predispose some people to getting cancer, there are irritants such as asbestos fibers which are also carcinogenic; radiation can cause cancer.

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