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No. Cancers are not communicable diseases- they are specific to the patient. You cannot 'catch' cancer by contact with an infected person.
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What are the most common disease caused by smoking?
cancer
What disease is caused by smoking?
It causes bronchitis and lung cancer and heart disease.
What kind of disease is known to be caused by smoking?
Lung cancer
Which of the choices listed which disease is known to be caused by smoking?
Lung cancer
What is a disease that affects the respiratory system that is noninfectious?
An example would be lung cancer. An infectious disease is caused by a parasitical organism.
Is brain cancer a non infectious disease?
Cancer itself is non infectious. Cancer cannot be spread from one person to another like the common cold. Cancer is caused by irregular cell replications inside the individuals body.
Infectious disease is?
an infectious disease is a disease caused by bacterial, viral, fungal, or protozoan infection.
What disease is known to be caused by smoking?
Cigarette smoking can cause several different cancers, it is estimated that 23% of cancer deaths in women, and 38% of cancer deaths in men are attributable to smoking. The cancers that can result from smoking include lung, head, neck, esophageal, breast, pancreatic, colorectal, bladder, and cervical.
An infectious disease is caused by?
A virus.
A disease of the blood characterized by overproducing of leukocytes?
The name of the disease is infectious mononucleosis. This is caused by infection by the Epstein Bar virus.
What is infectious disease?
an infectious disease is a disease caused by bacterial, viral, fungal, or protozoan infection.
Is pneumonia infectious or noninfectious?
Lung cancer is not infectious- it is caused by a diet deficiency. This thought has crossed my mind given three deaths in the family within two years. Whilst it's true they were all smokers, the timing suggests to me that this is more than coincidence.
