cancer question??

[Jason V]

can u get cancer if fire flashes at u?

[Jpoww]

no. fire has no element that can affect your body in that way. it cant get inside you and cant infect you. it can only burn you.

[Nadia]

can you please be a little more specific. As far as I know cancer originates in cancer cells. These are mutant cells that divide at an alarming rate. Normal cells will divide at a pretty slow rate. Cancer cells divide much much faster. The problem with cancer cells is that they create tissues or tumors which contain hundreds of cancer cells. Many people have these mutant cells in their bodies but they never develop into cancer. For some people, however, environmental conditions will cause these cells to develop. some times it's radiation or something of the sort. The exact cause of cancer is unknown because there are so many different types and thats why a cure has not been developed. Fire flashing at you isn't a factor that could cause cancer as far as I know but I don't know exactly what you mean by fire flashing at you.

Here is a website which has a list of possible causes of cancer. you can check and see if any of your concerns are addressed there.
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=119

I hope my information helps.

Best

[Maria]

Cancer is caused by cells that can't stop dividing into new cells. Fire doesn't do that.

[wayno5445]

no- but a guy flashed me once, i thought i had cancer of the eyes

[xx_oh_so_obscene_xx]

lol im not quite sure but I dont think so

[Queen ME]

um... cancer is a malignant growth from uncontrolled cell division so i am guessing no

[bubblesRfun]

i don't think so. my dad's a firefighter and he doesn't have cancer

[erin M]

Your question is very confusing, but no, fire does not cause cancer