Is it possible to deliberately get cancer? Maybe injecting a malignant tumor? I'm asking this just out of curiosity.
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1cancer can be transplanted unforunately.– Graham ChiuCommented Oct 14, 2017 at 22:35
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2Smoking seems to be pretty effective– BenCommented Oct 15, 2017 at 1:17
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1+1 This is a good question.– Carey Gregory ♦Commented Oct 15, 2017 at 3:50
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@GrahamChiu The start of an answer?– LаngLаngСCommented Oct 15, 2017 at 16:15
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The answer depends on host factors, quite complicated. So, someone else can answer!– Graham ChiuCommented Oct 16, 2017 at 8:40
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Yes
A decent share of radiation will do the trick for you, as both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also physicists experimenting with the newly found radiation have shown.
There even is a unit (sievert) which measures how cancerous a dose of radiation is. One sievert is equivalent to a 5,5% chance of cancer.
Relevant XKCD for how what radiation has how much sievert:
Furthermore, cancer can be transplanted. This is an issue that has been subject to quite a few conferences.
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Seems 6.5 Sv does the job! Any idea on how to create such a radiation?– asmaniCommented Oct 16, 2017 at 20:04
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@Asmani Stand next to a detonating atomic bomb? Stand next to a nuclear reactor when it melts? Some elements are highly radioactive and will work as well, especially once consumed they are difficult to get out of the body system.– NarusanCommented Oct 16, 2017 at 20:33
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1Aflotoxins are the most carcinogenic substances known. They should do as well as radiation.– Carey Gregory ♦Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 1:48
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1KMR-Liste for a list of possibles; and a prime example of 2011 web design standards: The Carcinogenic Potency Database to rate them. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 13:22