http://www.onlinecancerguide.com/blog/cancer-info/inherited-cancers%c2%a0susceptibility-and-features/ A Blog about Cancers Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.onlinecancerguide.com/blog/cancer-info/inherited-cancers%c2%a0susceptibility-and-features/comment-page-1/#comment-4025 cancer types Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:59:32 +0000 http://www.onlinecancerguide.com/blog/?p=1201#comment-4025 There are several types of genes which can cause inherited susceptibility to cancer if inherited in a faulty state. Certain common types of cancer show a tendency to affect some families in a disproportionately high degree. If two or more close relatives of a patient with cancer have the same type of tumour, an inherited susceptibility should be suspected. Other features of these syndromes are early age of onset of the tumours and multiple tumours in the same organ or tissue. There are several types of genes which can cause inherited susceptibility to cancer if inherited in a faulty state. Certain common types of cancer show a tendency to affect some families in a disproportionately high degree. If two or more close relatives of a patient with cancer have the same type of tumour, an inherited susceptibility should be suspected. Other features of these syndromes are early age of onset of the tumours and multiple tumours in the same organ or tissue.

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