If you have a family history of cancer, you will inevitably develop cancer at some point in your life.False?

If you have a family history of cancer, you will inevitably develop cancer at some point in your life.


A. True


B. FalseIf you have a family history of cancer, you will inevitably develop cancer at some point in your life.False?
Completely false.





Fewer than 10% of cancer cases are due to hereditary factors. Most cancers are random and not inherited, nobody knows what causes them; having a 'family history' of cancer, then, does not necessarily mean you are at greater risk of developing cancer than someone who has no family history of cancer





You can inherit a tendency to get SOME particular cancers (not all), but you won't definitely get that cancer. Some cancers are not hereditary at all 鈥?bone cancer is one.





Scientists have identified some high risk faulty genes but these are rare. One example of a high risk gene is BRCA1. Women who carry a faulty BRCA1 gene have an 80% chance of getting breast cancer at some point in their lives - but this still means that one in five of women with the gene will not get breast cancer. (Only 5 鈥?10 % of breast cancer cases are caused by hereditary factors). So even where you HAVE inherited one of the rare faulty genes, you won't inevitably develop cancer.





Doctors who specialise in this area think that the younger you are when a cancer occurs, the more likely it is that an inherited genetic tendency has played a part. Cancers that develop after the age of 50 are much less likely to be hereditary.If you have a family history of cancer, you will inevitably develop cancer at some point in your life.False?
False. Just because you have a history of cancer in your family, it does not mean you absolutely WILL develop cancer.


However, it doesmean you are at a higher risk because of the history.





My wife had cancer in 2001. She mentioned to her surgeon that my father had colorectal cancer.So, he starts busting my chops to get a colonoscopy. I relented, and he found 7 precancerous polyps in my colon. That was 3 years ago, I dread to think what wou ld be happening if I would have ignored him


So, in my case,if I have a family history of cancer I would develop cancer? True! And, That you, Dr. L---- for busting my chops!
false, we set our own history
I hope not,lol. I lost 3 family members to cancer( they were smokers, though, I'm not)