Why Do People Get Cancer?
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
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How Do You Get Cancer?
Don Small is the director of pediatric cancer at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He says some illnesses are not passed from one person to another through germs. It's hard to imagine how you can get a disease that you don't get from other people or dirty things, but it turns out that when we're growing our cells have to divide,. And sometimes the cells make a mistake and they grow out of control.
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