Question 1

can you explain  hereditary colon cancer?

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Broad: That is a broad question and the answer is a book chapter.  The key points for you are that if you have relatives with many polyps or relatives with colon cancer, you should go to your doctor to asses your risk.

Question 2

what are the symptoms of hereditary colon cancer?

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Similar to regular: Colon cancer.  There are a number of different hereditary abnormalities that lead to colon cancer, but the resulting colon cancer is often silent in early stages.  The usual symptoms are intestinal obstruction, anemia, weight loss and symptoms due to spread to other organs.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: hereditary colon cancer?

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5-10% of colon CA's: ...include: familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). In addition, some rare conditions – including attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP) and MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP).  Read: https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/risk-assessment-screening/hereditary-genetics/genetic-counseling/inherited-risk-colorectal

Question 4

question about hereditary colon cancer. can it skip generations?

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Yes: The genes that contribute to colon cancer are related to how cells grow or repair themselves. Skipping a generation may mean that the gene is not fully expressed or that other environmental factors did not quite tip the balance in favor of cancer.

Question 5

question about hereditary colon cancer: which kinds are inherited or run in families?

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Colon cancer: Genetic succeptibility for colon cancer includes hereditary nonpolyposis colonrectal  cancer (lynch syndrome), & famiial adenomatous polyposis.

Question 6

what is the treatment for hereditary colon cancer?

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Depends: There are a number of inherited defects that may lead to colon cancer.  In some cases, e.g. Apc, a prophylactic colectomy is advisable.  In most cases the treatment is the same as for sporadic cancer.

Question 7

help please! is colon cancer hereditary?

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Can be: Most colon cancers relate more to lifestyle than inheritance but some patients do have an inherited predisposition, be it in the setting of multiple polyps (like fap or myh) or not (lynch syndrome). Families with this have early onset colon cancer and other cancers as well. Talk to your doc about this to see if you need to visit a specialist in inherited malignancies. Remember to live healthy.

Question 8

if a person in their mid 30's were to get colon cancer would it almost always be due to a hereditary form of cancer compared to sporadic?

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Possibley: But not always.  This would have to be investigated, but their can be spontaneous cases at an early age.

Question 9

how is colon cancer inherited?

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Genes: Most colon cancers are not inherited. However, there is a subset which is associated with inherited genetic abnormalities such as hereditary polyposis a this hereditary non polyposis gene (hnpp). There are also syndromes that make you susceptible to a variety of different cancers including colon cancer such as lynch syndrome.

Question 10

i need your expertise, is colon cancer hereditary?

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Some colon cancers: Are hereditary. Vast majority are not. The two common hereditary forms of colon cancer are familial adneomatous polys and lynch syndrome. Let me reiterate that hereditary colon cancers are a minority. See this site for more info.
http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/hereditary-genetics/inherited-risk-colorectal.

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