Is cancer hereditary?
If we talk about the inheritance of cancer, there are several well-known situations when the likelihood of developing a hereditary tumor is very high – this is retinoblastoma (a tumor of the retina), some types of breast cancer, etc.
Hereditary predisposition
The vast majority of tumors develop against the background of a hereditary predisposition, which is realized in interaction with the external environment and a person’s lifestyle.
Whether a tumor develops or not depends on how a person eats, in what conditions he lives and works, etc. In any case, to determine the presence of such a predisposition, it is necessary to analyze your pedigree and perform special genetic tests.
How can cancer be transmitted?
If we talk about the contagiousness of cancer, then at the household level it is not contagious, although some infections that can trigger the growth of a malignant tumor can be transmitted from person to person: for example, viral hepatitis, certain strains of papillomavirus; the microbe Helycobac.pylori, which today plays a role in inducing the growth of gastric lymphomas.
And this is another reason to get vaccinated against viral hepatitis on time and cure chronic carriage of infectious agents.
You can get more detailed information at our Prima Medica medical center (Kaluzhskaya metro station) from an oncologist. Prices for services in the “Price for services” section.