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What is a substance or a factor in the environment that can cause cancer called?
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∙ 8y ago
Something that can cause cancer is called a carcinogen.
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∙ 7y agocarcinogen
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What is slope factor?
Cancer slope factors (CSF) are used to estimate the risk of cancer associated with exposure to a carcinogenic or potentially carcinogenic substance.
What are the nonliving parts of an organism's environment called?
A nonliving factor would be called an abiotic factor. A living factor would be called biotic
What is environment factor?
environment factor is environment saving,or we can say afforestation.
What does milk contain that may be helpful to cancer?
milk contains the substance called IGF-1 which can be helpful to cancer suffers. You are more than likely referring to IGF-1, which is a growth factor in homoginized milk. Preliminary studies have shown it to cause some cancers (prostate for one) to grow more rapidly.
What is the difference between the biotic factor and a abiotic factor?
a biotic factor is a living organisms in the environment and a abortic factor is a non-living thing in the environment
Any living factor in the environment is a what factor?
organism
UV radiation is this type of factor that can lead to cancer?
Environmental Factor.
What are environment factor?
pollution
What factor is not part of your environment?
Abiotic factor
What substance is the biggest factor in the price of gasoline accounting for roughly 60 percent of the total cost?
In the UK it is not a substance. The biggest factor is taxation.
What is a risk factor for cancer?
A risk factor is something that someone does, has or is that increases there chance of having a specific cancer. smoking, drinking, family history of a specific cancer, older age, obesity etc. are all risk factors of cancer
Why is lung cancer worse than colon cancer?
Lung cancer has a lower growth factor than leukemia
