Title: 6 Surprising Cancer Causers - Cancer Center - Everyday Health
Headings: 6 Surprising Cancer Causers
6 Surprising Cancer Causers
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6 Surprising Cancer Causers
It's a well known fact smoking can lead to cancer, but some common lifestyle factors can also increase your chances of getting the disease. By Erin Hicks
Last Updated: October 14, 2013
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It's well-known that certain lifestyle behaviors like smoking and excessive sun or tanning-bed exposure can cause cancer. But those are not the only everyday, sometimes surprising, choices that can put you at higher risk for cancer. Cancer is caused by changes in cell DNA. Some changes may be passed down from our parents in the form of genetic defects, while others could be caused by environmental factors. The substances, situations and exposures that can lead to cancer are called carcinogens, according to the American Cancer Society. While some carcinogens don't affect DNA directly, they can lead to cancer in other ways — by causing cells to divide at a faster than normal rate, for example. Here are six everyday situations that that you may not have known were carcinogenic. Weight in Adolescence: