Can you inherit cancer?!
Question: Can you inherit cancer.?
My wife's mother had skin cancer when she was born. I was wondering if it is possible she could have skin cancer developed later on, or if she could have it already. Peers have been saying that she doesn't have cancer, but she is more prone to the risk factors than normal people.
Is this true.?Health Question & Answer
Is this true.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Hereditary cancer is rare - fewer than 10% of all cancer cases are inherited.
Skin cancer is rarely hereditary.
An indication that a cancer may be hereditary within a family is when several members of the same side of the family have had the same type of cancer. An isolated case of cancer within a family will not be hereditary.
It's unlikely your wife is at increased risk of cancer
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Skin cancer is rarely hereditary.
An indication that a cancer may be hereditary within a family is when several members of the same side of the family have had the same type of cancer. An isolated case of cancer within a family will not be hereditary.
It's unlikely your wife is at increased risk of cancer
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