i have heard of a breast cancer gene but does anyone know if there is a lung cancer gene? i've lost my mom and sis, my bro has only one lung which isn't very good and my dad, who has had surgery once for it, was just told it has returned. aside from possible hereditary factors is there a specific gene involved here?
2006-12-30 09:32:57 · 9 answers · asked by racer 51 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
It could be something related to environment, like radon or asbestos in the house, or one smoker in the house, and other people exposed to second-hand smoke.
Barring all these known factors, this is a very interesting case. Has anyone examined your family's incidence, your uncles, aunts, grand parents ? Some lung cancer causing genes have been discovered recently, and not all cancer-causing genes are known.
But even if a mutation is present, don't panic, it does not mean that you will have it ! There are other factors that are involved in these diseases.
2006-12-30 10:15:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is some evidence for at least one lung cancer gene. Smoking is still the biggest risk factor.
2006-12-30 10:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there any remote possibility that they maybe smoked, or you lived around any refineries, or were exposed to asbestos? The reason is your mom and dad would not have had any genetic link so they would not have the same probability of having the same type of cancer. But you and your siblings would be pre-disposed to having one or more cancer genes since both parents had cancer.
2006-12-30 09:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maximum cancers isn't usually something that's inherited. There are a pair of genes which would be for cancers like breast, ovarian and prostate. i think colon maximum cancers is additionally surpassed on. the certainty that your mom had cervical maximum cancers and her mom had leukemia has no longer something to do with genes and hereditary maximum cancers. maximum cancers would not pass generations the two. you're at no bigger hazard of maximum cancers than every physique else.
2016-10-28 18:23:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there isnt a cancer gene but there are genes that control the rapid cell division. ur family probably has a mutation in the mitosis and cytokinesis gene in the lungs cells. just stay away from smoke and keeps healthy.
2006-12-30 09:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by Glitter-Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shot in the dark: did either your brother or father smoke?
A doctor once told me that the chances of a non-smoker getting lung cancer or too slim to worry about.
2006-12-30 09:35:42 · answer #6 · answered by sothere! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it seems that way.
2006-12-30 09:35:56 · answer #7 · answered by NICOLE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If ... you want to buy that drivel, sure.
2006-12-30 09:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
probably you never know what can happen and wat can be true
2006-12-30 09:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋