Oncologist named the types of cancer that are inherited most often

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Some people are prone to the development of certain types of cancer because of heredity. Oncologist spoke about common types of hereditary cancer.

There is a concept of “cancer family” – relatives in it suffer from the same cancer. Meanwhile, the oncologist explains: with “bad heredity” is not conveyed by cancer itself, but only a tendency to it.

“When there are several cases of cancer in the family at once, it is often a chance, whether it is due to the fact that family members are exposed to common factors,”The oncologist said that a certain set of genes is transferred from each parent to the child, with which he can also receive a mutational version of the gene, which increases the likelihood of a tumor in any of the body. However, due to the influence of genetic mutation, only up to 10% of all types of tumors develops, the data of the American Association for the fight against cancer. Inherited disorders in the form of syndromes. For example, a genetic disease, such as Lynch syndrome, is associated with the occurrence of colon cancer, gastric cancer and ureter, uterine cancer. The first can lead to breast cancer, as well as to cancer of the digestive tract, thyroid, uterus and ovaries, the second – also to breast cancer, as well as to brain cancer, lungs.