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Maybe. The fact that some animals are especially immune to cancers suggest there are ways to prevent the outcome (cell replication/mutation).

• fluoridation 1y ago
  Are they immune to cancer, or do they simply not live long enough to develop them? AFAIK, only plants are immune to cancer.
  • actionfromafar 1y ago
    Elephants and naked mole rats. https://www.sciencealert.com/these-animals-can-t-get-cancer-and-scientists-think-they-could-hold-a-cure https://www.sciencealert.com/these-animals-can-t-get-cancer-...
  • hidroto 1y ago
    These might not technically be cancers but the similarity is there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl