Cancer is a disease that results due to abnormal growth of cells (body blocks). One cell becomes a cancer cell and produces other cancer cells resulting into a swelling. In some cancers like leukemia, the cell growth results into abnormal number of abnormal cells.

What causes cancer?

There are different factors that add up to make someone suffer from cancer. These factors include old age, history of cancer in one’s family, tobacco use eg smoking, infections e.g HIV, early sexual practices, unhealthy foods e.g eating a lot of fatty foods, too much exposure to sun especially for those with albinosm and access to alcohol consumption and sedentary life style.