🧬 Hereditary cancers account for 10% of cancer cases affecting both men and women. The gene mutations that cause these cancers are typically passed from parents to children (although, in rare cases they can be "de novo").
🧬 Once a hereditary cancer mutation is present in the family, each first-degree family member has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the mutation.
🧬 Gene mutations do not skip generations, you either have the mutation or you do not. If a mutation is present in your family, and you do not carry the mutation, your children are not at risk for inheriting the known mutation in your family.
🧬 First Degree Relative: Parents, Siblings, Children
🧬Second Degree Relative: Grandparents, aunts and uncles, grandchildren
🧬Third Degree Relatives: Great Grandparents, Great aunts and uncles, Great Grandchildren, First Cousins
on one side of the family or in one person
those typically diagnosed age 49 or younger
less prevalent cancers like male breast cancer, ovarian cancer, etc.
The graphic illustrates the common cancers that can be linked to hereditary cancers
The graphic illustrates the common cancers that can be linked to hereditary cancers
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