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What happens if you are female and two male biological family members have had bowel cancer, does it mean a female relation?
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No: Unless there is a congenital syndrome that initiates bowel cancer, two members having tumors of the bowel are not that uncommon. There might be some infectious pattern to forming bowel cancer. ZurHausen claims that colon cancer Is caused by te polyoma virus and someone susceptible catching the virus may see this tumor develop. Otherwise there is not familial relationship
Answered 7/23/2014
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