In my situation I begin wonder if panada bears get tumors or sea creatures.
Tumor = cells in tissue that malfunction and grow?
Tumor = cells in tissue that malfunction and grow?
Do non humans get tumors?
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moshquerade
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mammals, definitely yes. as for sea creatures and non mammals, not sure... any reptile experts out there?
Yup. The zebrafish in my lab get them quite often after ~2years of age.
Plants have fewer growth factors and fewer motile cells, which means that even if you get an uncontrollable, multiplying group of cells (a tumor), they are much less likely (than in animals) of moving from place to place to metastisizing and spreading the cancer. (In animals, you usually start with a single point tumor, which eventually reverts some of its cells into motile (able to move) cells, which penetrate into the lymphatic or blood systems and then migrate away and form secondary tumors all over the body.) Plants also have a much, MUCH slower metabolism than animals, which leads to fewer oxidation-related mutations accumulating over the years, which is why plants can live for hundreds or thousands of years.
Plants have fewer growth factors and fewer motile cells, which means that even if you get an uncontrollable, multiplying group of cells (a tumor), they are much less likely (than in animals) of moving from place to place to metastisizing and spreading the cancer. (In animals, you usually start with a single point tumor, which eventually reverts some of its cells into motile (able to move) cells, which penetrate into the lymphatic or blood systems and then migrate away and form secondary tumors all over the body.) Plants also have a much, MUCH slower metabolism than animals, which leads to fewer oxidation-related mutations accumulating over the years, which is why plants can live for hundreds or thousands of years.
Whoozyerdaddy
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Originally posted by: intogamer
In my situation I begin wonder if panada bears get tumors or sea creatures.
Tumor = cells in tissue that malfunction and grow?
Are you serious?
You need to get off the computer once in a while.
So yeah, theoretically plants get "cancer" - but as far as I know, it's not as much of an emergency for 'em, if that makes sense.
Fayd
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Originally posted by: intogamer
In my situation I begin wonder if panada bears get tumors or sea creatures.
Tumor = cells in tissue that malfunction and grow?
both my pets died of cancer. my cousin's dog is dieing of cancer right now.
cancer grows in tumors. so i'm gonna have to say yes, animals get tumors.
as far as whether other types of animals, being non mammals, get tumors, i dont know. i would bet so, though.
btw, tumors = malfunctions in cells that cause them to divide uncontrolled.
soydios
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lemme see...
my first cat...died of lymphoma eight years ago
my second cat...coyote lunch about four years ago
my third cat...too afraid to go outside (sister of second cat)...still alive
my dog...skin cancer, metastasized once...in remission for the last three years (just had her sixth birthday ten days ago)
both of my best friend's dogs were taken by cancer about four months apart (male lab by prostate cancer, female corgi to lymphoma)
so...yeah...non-humans do get cancer, but it's really only pets that live long enough for it to be the cause of death
my first cat...died of lymphoma eight years ago
my second cat...coyote lunch about four years ago
my third cat...too afraid to go outside (sister of second cat)...still alive
my dog...skin cancer, metastasized once...in remission for the last three years (just had her sixth birthday ten days ago)
both of my best friend's dogs were taken by cancer about four months apart (male lab by prostate cancer, female corgi to lymphoma)
so...yeah...non-humans do get cancer, but it's really only pets that live long enough for it to be the cause of death
A friend of mine's mom is a veterinarian. Her dog of 7 years got a tumor on its leg. She paid $3000 for another veterinarian to amputate the leg and put the dog on drugs. The dog died shortly thereafter.
My friend is still in debt from school loans.
oogabooga
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Since the questions was answered, just a quick thought:
I was reading in Weird about how reptiles grow back appendages whereas humans don't exhibit that level of ability of regrowth. I think the consensus is they don't know "how" exactly a starfish grows its whole leg back given time, it looks like some form of unhindered accelerated growth of cells.. but why can they initiate/stop it.. and how is it that for them it grows a leg but for a humor becomes a malignant tumor...
I was reading in Weird about how reptiles grow back appendages whereas humans don't exhibit that level of ability of regrowth. I think the consensus is they don't know "how" exactly a starfish grows its whole leg back given time, it looks like some form of unhindered accelerated growth of cells.. but why can they initiate/stop it.. and how is it that for them it grows a leg but for a humor becomes a malignant tumor...
yeah of course other animals get cancer. humans get more cancer due to our fast metabolism and our knack for putting lots of unhealthy chemicals inside our bodies.
DivideBYZero
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