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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: eastern PA
Posts: 41
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: eastern PA
Posts: 41
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question about cancer and heredity
Hello,
I have a general question that maybe someone here can answer. I know that cancer is hereditary. But I'm wondering if different types of cancer show up in different generations? For example, my grandmother died from melanoma. Her daughter (my aunt died) from lung cancer. Both are cancers, yet they're so vastly different (cause, severity, etc.) Is there a connection at all?
Thanks so much.
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