Is Cancer Hereditary? When to Get Tested ?
Only 5-10% of all cancers are truly hereditary, caused by gene mutations passed from parent to child that significantly raise lifetime cancer risk. BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations increase breast cancer risk to 45-72% and ovarian cancer risk to 15-60% compared to 12%...
Can You Get Cancer From a Family Member ?
Cancer is not contagious and cannot spread from one person to another through physical contact, sharing meals, kissing, breathing the same air, or living in the same house. Cancer develops when a person’s own cells acquire DNA mutations that cause uncontrolled...
What Happens If You Refuse Chemotherapy
Refusing chemo when your oncologist recommended it after surgery means microscopic cancer cells already floating in your blood or sitting in lymph nodes stay alive with nothing stopping them from growing back. Adjuvant chemo exists to kill exactly those cells that...