• Question: which cancers are generic?

    Asked by carly on 22 Jun 2023. This question was also asked by days487neb.
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      Tammy Piper answered on 22 Jun 2023:


      All cancers have some genetic component. Whether that’s the tumour cell arising because of genetic mutations (p53) or by an increase risk of developing a particular type of cancer because of a particular gene (e.g. breast cancer, BRAC1)

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