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Can you tell me if it's common for adults to get bone cancer with no family history?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Usually no fam hx: Primary bone cancer is not caused by a faulty gene that can be passed down through families. But people who have some rare genetic syndromes have higher risk of some types of bone cancer than other people.

Dr Michalski agreed

Answered 7/26/2014

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