Dad has prostate cancer, should I be consider I might have some form of cancer?!
Question: Dad has prostate cancer, should I be consider I might have some form of cancer!?
His brother died of prostate cancer 10months ago!. He never went to the doctor though!. By time he did go it was beyond treatment and died 4 months after finally going to the doctor!.
So my dad just found he has it!.
I don't know if theres any other cancer forms in our family!.
Should I go to the doctor to get "all over" tested!?
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So my dad just found he has it!.
I don't know if theres any other cancer forms in our family!.
Should I go to the doctor to get "all over" tested!?
ThanksWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Cancer is rarely hereditary - fewer than 10% of all cases, all types!.
A sign that cancer may be hereditary within a family is when several members of the same side of the family have had the same type of cancer, especially if some developed it at a younger than average age!.
The risk of developing prostate cancer increases (for a male, obviously) if there is a first degree relative who developed it at a young age!.
Cancer that is diagnosed after the age of 50 is less likely to be hereditary!.
In a very small number of cases, prostate cancer runs in families because of a faulty BRCA2 gene, which is one of the faulty genes known to be responsible for hereditary breast cancer!. But prostate cancer is not normally hereditary!.
There is no general tendency to inherit cancer!. From the information you give, it's unlikely you are at increased risk of cancer!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
A sign that cancer may be hereditary within a family is when several members of the same side of the family have had the same type of cancer, especially if some developed it at a younger than average age!.
The risk of developing prostate cancer increases (for a male, obviously) if there is a first degree relative who developed it at a young age!.
Cancer that is diagnosed after the age of 50 is less likely to be hereditary!.
In a very small number of cases, prostate cancer runs in families because of a faulty BRCA2 gene, which is one of the faulty genes known to be responsible for hereditary breast cancer!. But prostate cancer is not normally hereditary!.
There is no general tendency to inherit cancer!. From the information you give, it's unlikely you are at increased risk of cancer!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I am sorry your family is facing the challenge of cancer with your dad and the loss of your uncle!.
The following information comes from Susan G!. Komen for the Cure:
When talking about family history, it
The following information comes from Susan G!. Komen for the Cure:
When talking about family history, it
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