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Is cancer is a genetic disease spread from your parents?

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Dr. Peter Francis answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Great question: This great question to which a book could be written in reply. Simply, there are rare cancers that can be passed on from a parent. In general however, genetic susceptibility is passed from a parent and modified by a persons environmental exposure.

Dr Friedlander agreed

Answered 7/5/2015

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