About Hereditary CAncers

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🧬 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