NUTRITION
CHRONIC DISEASES
Question
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Predisposition
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Carcinogen
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Risk Factor
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Chemotherapy
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Detailed explanation-1: -They are also more likely to develop cancer at a younger age. Doctors call this having a genetic predisposition to cancer.
Detailed explanation-2: -You may need to start getting screening tests earlier and get tested more often, or with different tests than other people. Medicine or surgery that could lower your cancer risk. Making healthy choices like quitting smoking, not drinking alcohol, exercising regularly, and keeping a healthy weight.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hereditary cancer means that a person was born with a genetic mutation, or change, that makes this person more likely than usual to get cancer. This genetic mutation could have come from either the person’s mother or father or both. Hereditary cancer may also be called familial cancer or cancer in the family.
Detailed explanation-4: -This doesn’t mean you’ll definitely get cancer if some of your close family members have it, but that you may have an increased risk of developing certain cancers compared with other people. It’s estimated that between 3 and 10 in every 100 cancers are associated with an inherited faulty gene.