My dad died of prostrate cancer in may and my mother died last week of pancreatic cancer what are my chances?!
Question: My dad died of prostrate cancer in may and my mother died last week of pancreatic cancer what are my chances.?
there are 6 of us what are the chances of one of us getting cancerHealth Question & Answer
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I'm so sorry for your loss.
Your chances of developing cancer are probably the same as someone with no history of cancer in their family, based on the information you've given.
Hereditary cancer is rare; fewer than 10% of all cases of cancer are hereditary. An indication that a type of cancer is hereditary within a family is when several members of the same side of the family have had the same type of cancer.
Prostate cancer is not usually hereditary ; the risk increases if you have a first degree relative (father, brother) who developed prostate cancer at a young age. Having an elderly family member diagnosed with prostate cancer doesn't increase your risk
In a small number of cases prostate cancer runs in families because of a faulty BRCA gene. If this is an isolated case within your family it isn't likely to be hereditary.
Pancreatic cancer is also rarely hereditary - only about 10% of cases.
You don't inherit a general tendency to cancer; your parents having had these two cancers doesn't increase your risk of other cancers.
Both my parents had cancer too; their cancers were non-hereditary, and none of their 6 children are regarded as at increased risk of them. Of their children, all now aged between 46 and 60, I am the only one who has developed cancer, and my cancer too was non-hereditary and unconnected to theirs.Health Question & Answer
Your chances of developing cancer are probably the same as someone with no history of cancer in their family, based on the information you've given.
Hereditary cancer is rare; fewer than 10% of all cases of cancer are hereditary. An indication that a type of cancer is hereditary within a family is when several members of the same side of the family have had the same type of cancer.
Prostate cancer is not usually hereditary ; the risk increases if you have a first degree relative (father, brother) who developed prostate cancer at a young age. Having an elderly family member diagnosed with prostate cancer doesn't increase your risk
In a small number of cases prostate cancer runs in families because of a faulty BRCA gene. If this is an isolated case within your family it isn't likely to be hereditary.
Pancreatic cancer is also rarely hereditary - only about 10% of cases.
You don't inherit a general tendency to cancer; your parents having had these two cancers doesn't increase your risk of other cancers.
Both my parents had cancer too; their cancers were non-hereditary, and none of their 6 children are regarded as at increased risk of them. Of their children, all now aged between 46 and 60, I am the only one who has developed cancer, and my cancer too was non-hereditary and unconnected to theirs.Health Question & Answer
Only a very small percentage of prostate cancers have a genetic component. To ease your fears, never start smoking, drink alcohol only lightly, get regular check-ups with the same internist a couple times a year. Eat a balanced diet and most of all pay close attention to all the signals your body is continuously sending you.
Worry about how you live and do not waste your life energy worrying about what might happen. Just do what is best for you and yours.
all the bestHealth Question & Answer
Worry about how you live and do not waste your life energy worrying about what might happen. Just do what is best for you and yours.
all the bestHealth Question & Answer
I am sorry for your losses
u r at a higher risk then others. you all can take mataki mushrooms and reishi mushrooms. (u can get both supplement at vitacost.com) they are proven to fight cancer cells. our bodies get cancer b/c our immune systems fail to recognize bad cells. take a daily supplement of an immune inhancer and the mushrooms along with milk thistle, pau d arco. also the healthier you eat the better. read up on the foods that our bodies just do not process and avoid those foods. hope this helps as a preventitive. also make sure you get a yearly health examHealth Question & Answer
u r at a higher risk then others. you all can take mataki mushrooms and reishi mushrooms. (u can get both supplement at vitacost.com) they are proven to fight cancer cells. our bodies get cancer b/c our immune systems fail to recognize bad cells. take a daily supplement of an immune inhancer and the mushrooms along with milk thistle, pau d arco. also the healthier you eat the better. read up on the foods that our bodies just do not process and avoid those foods. hope this helps as a preventitive. also make sure you get a yearly health examHealth Question & Answer