Doctors told whether cancer can be inherited

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Doctors from the UK told whether cancer can be inherited. Doctors state that the same oncological diseases can manifest themselves in close relatives.

Many people feel anxious, fearing the ability of cancer to be inherited. This issue has been studied for a long time, and experts confirm this possibility, since we are talking about gene mutations embedded in DNA.

If one of the relatives had one of the types of oncology, the likelihood of the disease occurring in other relatives is not excluded. It is noted that the most common inherited cancers are uterine, ovarian, breast, and intestinal cancers.

Experts note that the growth of cancer cells is provoked not only by genetics, but also by external factors, such as poor ecology and bad habits, but in aggregate this significantly increases the risk.

Doctors advise getting tested if several family members have had the same disease in different generations, this will help to find out about the existing danger in advance, the website reports.