Cancer has been defined as a genetic disease induced by mutations that activate specific genes responsible of control the growth and differentiation of cells (Chen & Mellman, 2017). Today, cancer constitutes an enormous problem in both more and less economically developed countries and represents a leading cause of decease in these nations. The most frequently diagnosed types of cancer worldwide are lung and breast cancer. Likewise, lung and breast cancer are the leading causes of cancer decease in men and women, respectively. In general, an increase in the presence of this illness is expected due to the growth and aging of the population (Choi et al., 2017).Many elements act as key risk factors for the development of cancer, such as smoking, secondhand smoke, alcohol consumption, excess body weight, physical inactivity, consumption of red and processed meat, as well as low consumption of fruits and vegetables, dietary fiber, and dietary calcium. Other risk factors include ultraviolet radiation exposure and infections with some pathogens (Helicobacter pylori, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human herpesvirus type 8, human immunodeficiency virus, and human papillomavirus) (Islami et al., 2018).In this sense, numerous hypotheses about the causes of cancer have been proposed, which comprise multiple mutations, somatic mutations, chromosomal abnormalities, nonmutagenic mechanisms, nonhealing wounds, viruses, and immunological surveillance. Despite this, as described at the beginning, recent common theories allude that cancer is an uncontrolled somatic cell proliferation caused by progressive accumulation of random mutations in critical genes, originating a clinical tumor (Allegra et al., 2014).