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My father recently died of lung cancer is it heretitary?
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Can be : But more likely it comes from exposure to toxins from chemicals or more likely smoking.
Answered 4/4/2013
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Yes, but low risk: It is estimated that the risk for lung cancer being an inherited genetic condition (hereditary) is very low (less than 5%.) http://lungcancer.About.Com/od/causesoflungcance1/a/famhxlungca.Htm.
Answered 11/30/2012
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