Cancer and Heredity is a question commonly asked by cancer patients and their relatives they ask if
cancer is a hereditary disease. They ask this question because of their concerns on the risk that other family members can have cancer later in life. Cancer and heredity is a important issue thats why there are diagnosis of hereditary cancer. It allows doctors to provide advice on treatment they can give or provide to avoid it. Hereditary cancers are mostly because of mutations there has to be 2 mutated genes.The chances of gettin both genes from parents are really low. Its more common that only 1 gene is mutated. Scientists think that in the next generation there will be always already 1 gene mutated so that leads to tumors. When theres familiar cancer it means that cancer can lead to multiple types of cancer. Its not always the same type.
Johan Haeussler
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