my friends family memebers every had a cancer. would it be possible for him also cancer there?

Question

My friend family memebers like his father,sister and mother has cancer for many years. would it be possible for my friend to have cancer?

Could you please suggest some advice

Answer 1

Well without knowing what types of cancer your friend's family members had I can't give you specific detailed information but if several members of his family had cancer, that would increase his risk, especially since they were first-degree relatives (parents, sister). However, this does NOT mean that he will get cancer, just that his risk is increased.
He may want to consier getting a blood test to see if he carries a cancer gene.

Answer 2

It is much more likely yes. However there are some cancers that aren't hereditary so you're friend could do with checking it the cancer his family members have is a type that is or isn't hereditary.

Dependent on what type of cancer the others have, there are DNA screenings available and regular check ups if you are high risk.

julie

Answer 3

Some Forms of cancer raise your chances if most of your familey members get it but this does not mean you still get it.

Some Forms of cancer are not passed down, so its hit and miss.

My advice would be for him to check with a doctor, and see his chances, if they are high then keep going for check ups, but im sure it will be fine.

Answer 4

Your Friend Must Be Quite Worried At The Moment And Its
Totally Understandable and i think ur friend should make an appointment with their GP nd Find Out More From Him Or Her

Answer 5

Totally, genes do carry cancer. Take good care of your friend, as long as this person keeps a healthy lifestyle, teh chances could decrease reasonably. Good luck!

Answer 6

Yes. Everyone can get cancer. It may be due to an external source, or it may be a genetic thing. Chances are though, he doesn't have it.

Answer 7

Yes he could get cancer, but only a doctor could tell him for sure.

Answer 8

it is possible for ANYONE to develop cancer, if your "friend" is worried about it, then they may wish to look into holistic methods of prevention, one I can recommend is turkey tail mushroom. Google it, there is a world of information.

Answer 9

yes yes yes . he should get checked much more frequently. health problems are inherited like diabetes,high blood pressure, and cancers. get checked now, and let the doc know you have family history.

Answer 10

Dr. Lorraine Day says 1% of cancers are hereditary. I've not seen any other numbers anywhere else. T. Colin Campbell's The China Study book says it's mostly diet followed by environment (chemicals, x-rays/mammograms/radiation/chemo), and other sources include heredity (see #4 below). Such as, Guyton & Hall's "Textbook of Medical Physiology" eleventh edition. Their text is used in most mainstream medical curriculums and is the bible when it comes to physiology. They say on page 41, starting with the second paragraph - "Only a minute fraction of the cells that mutate in the body ever lead to cancer. There are several reasons for this. First, most mutated cells have less survival capability and simply die. Second, only a few of the mutated cells that do survive become cancerous, because even most mutated cells still have normal feedback controls that prevent excessive growth.

Third, those cells that are potentially cancerous are often, if not usually, destroyed by the body's immune system before they grow into cancer. This occurs in the following way: Most mutated cells form abnormal proteins within their cell bodies because of their altered genes, and these proteins activate the body's immune system, causing it to form antibodies or sensitized lymphocytes that react against the cancerous cells, destroying them. In support of this is the fact that in people whose immune systems have been suppressed, such as those taking immunosuppressant drugs after kidney or heart transplantation, the probability of a cancer's developing is multiplied as much as fivefold."

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0091-67... states that "Chemotherapeutic agents are widely used in clinical medicine for the treatment of conditions where diminution of the host immune response is a goal." This page also says "The use of immunosuppressive drugs in clinical medicine is necessary to diminish the immune response to a point where responses to undesirable foreign antigens are elminated." This, to me, looks like CONCLUSIVE evidence that chemo ultimately causes cancer because we know chemo drugs destroy the immune system, and Guyton & Hall state that with a suppressed immune system, the probability of developing cancer is 5 times higher.

Guyton and Hall also say later on that same page - "probabability of mutations can be increased manyfold when a person is exposed to certain chemical, physical, or biological factors, including the following:
1. It is well known that ionizing radiation, such as x-rays, gamma rays, and particle radiation from radiocative substances, and even ultraviolet light can predispose individuals to cancer. Ions formed in tussue cells under the influence of such radiation are highly reactive and can rupture DNA strands, thus causing many mutations.
2. Chemical substances of certain types also have a high propensity for causing mutations. It was discovered long ago that various aniline dye deritatives are likely to cause cancer, so that workers in chemical plants producing such substances, if unprotected, have a special predisposition to cancer. Chemical substances that can cause mutation are called carcinogens. That carcinogens that currently cause the greatest number of deaths are those in cigarette smoke. They cause about one quarter of all cancer deaths.
3. Physical irritants also can lead to cancer, such as continued abrasion of the linings of the intestinal tract by some types of food. The damage to the tissues leads to rapid mitotic replacement of the cells. The more rapid the mitosis, the greater the chance for mutation.
4. In many families, there is a strong hereditary tendency to cancer. This results from the fact that most cancers require not one mutation but two or more mutations before cancer occurs. In those families that are particularly predisposed to cancer, it is presumed that one or more cancerous genes are already mutated in the inherited genome. Therefore, far fewer additional mutations must take place in such family members before a cancer begins to grow.
5. In laboratory animals, certain types of viruses can cause some kinds of cancer, including leukemia. This usually results in one of two ways. In the case of DNA viruses, the DNA strand of the virus can insert itself directly into one of the chromosomes and thereby cause a mutation that leads to cancer. In the case of RNA viruses, some of these carry with them an enzyme called reverse transcriptase that causes DNA to be transcribed from the RNA. The transcribed DNA then inserts itself into the animal cell genome, leading to cancer."

If you have a strong tendency, genetically speaking, toward cancer you should *really* focus on diet to keep your immune system strong to get rid of cancer as it develops. If your immune system is weak, tumors will start to develop. At that point, your body may or may not be able to push them out, depending on how strong you are. If you disable your immune system with garbage intake and drugs, it's likely you'll have to go with surgery/chemo to treat it.