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Most cancers occur
in older people because it may take many years of genetic
mutation to trigger a tumour. The damage done to the cells
by carcinogens is permanent. Over time as cells suffer greater
exposure to carcinogens, the damage adds up, causing a greater
chance that cancer will develop. Different mutations may also
occur years apart.
Click here
to see how the incidence of cancer of male and female of different
ages in Singapore from 1993- 1997
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