{"id":3584,"date":"2023-02-06T01:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T06:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2023-02-07T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T19:59:25","slug":"inherited-gene-mutations-can-lead-to-family-cancer-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/06\/inherited-gene-mutations-can-lead-to-family-cancer-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Inherited Gene Mutations Can Lead to Family Cancer Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some families have two or more members who develop the same type of cancer<\/a>, leading people to believe that it\u2019s inherited. While it\u2019s not passed along like blond hair or brown eyes, there is a genetic element to cancer<\/a> than can be shared by family members.<\/p>\n

How Cell Mutations Give Rise to Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n

You already know that genes are responsible for certain physical characteristics like height and eye color, but they also contain information that controls cell function. A mutation is an abnormal change that prevents a gene from working properly.<\/p>\n

Cancer results from cells that multiply uncontrollably. While the mutations that cause cancer are usually acquired, some inherited mutations<\/a> affect tumor suppressor genes that act as traffic cops, regulating cell growth and death.<\/p>\n

Is It Coincidence or Family Cancer Syndrome?<\/strong><\/p>\n

These inherited gene mutations can lead to family cancer syndrome, in which several members of a family develop similar types of tumors. Telltale factors of family cancer syndrome<\/a> include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cancer occurring in multiple generations<\/p>\n

\u2022 Childhood cancer occurring in siblings<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cancer occurring at unusually young ages<\/p>\n

\u2022 Two or more types of cancer occurring in a single person<\/p>\n

Many times, several diagnoses of cancer within one family can indeed be pure coincidence. They can also be related to family members being exposed to tobacco smoke or other common risk factors.<\/p>\n

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Some families have two or more members who develop the same type of cancer, leading people to believe that it\u2019s inherited. While it\u2019s not passed along like blond hair or brown eyes, there is a genetic element to cancer than can be shared by family members. How Cell Mutations Give Rise to Cancer You already … Continue reading Inherited Gene Mutations Can Lead to Family Cancer Syndrome<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,1],"tags":[237,656,212],"class_list":["post-3584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancer-research","category-uncategorized","tag-cancer-diagnosis","tag-cancer-genomics","tag-cancer-research"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3585,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584\/revisions\/3585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}