Like everyone I have known numerous people that have been diagnosed with some sort of cancer or another. Some of those have fought it and defeated it, some are still fighting, and some have lost the fight. Recently I went to my doctor I am on hormone replacement and the risk for certain types of cancers increases when using this treatment. Statistics show that there is about a 1 in 4 chance in women and 1 in 3 in men to get some type of cancer. I am assuming that statistic includes all types and contracted in all ways self-induced, environmentally, hereditary/genetically, or you just get it you are just part of the statistic.
I would say that if I were to get cancer from my hormone replacement that would be self-induced because I know the risks but choose it because it makes me feel better. I guess the same for someone that smokes excessively, they know the risks. Do people already have cancer cells in their body and something like hormone replacement triggers it? Can people who have inherited cancer DNA cells be at higher risk of treatments like HRT? The answer is yes as the related cancer for HRT are breast and ovarian, both are hereditary.
At my last job I worked at the same company in the same building for almost 20 years. There were about 300 people in that building and of those people I knew and worked with about 150. Over the years I worked there I knew of about 30 people of the 150 that were diagnosed with some sort of cancer or other. Some of those went through treatment off and on for years, others couldn’t fight it and eventually passed away. One thing that stood out to me always was when someone would be diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. There was stage 4 breast cancer, stage 4 colon cancer, stage 4 brain cancer.
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I always wondered didn’t they have symptoms how could it have gone so far. There was a girl that was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. She worked out, ate well, never smoked, didn’t drink excessively. How could she not have known sooner? Do people ignore symptoms? Since I left the company a year and a half ago 2 people in treatment when I left have passed away and 2 more have been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, one in her 60’s the other in her 20’s. Out of all these diagnoses could this be considered environmental something in that building, or hereditary, or self-inflicted or coincidental?
My son has a friend he has known for years. His father died from lung cancer he never smoked. A year after his father passed away my sons friend was diagnosed with lymphoma when he was 12 years old. Would this be a case that could be classified as being hereditary because his dad died from cancer? Can cancer be hereditary if it isn’t the same type? Could his dad have had cancer when he was conceived and passed it on? Because of his age I think it is most likely hereditary. There were six other kids in the family and he was the only one that was diagnosed with any type of cancer so far. He went through treatment three times and he has been cancer free for several years now, thankfully.
My husband has had prostate issues for years. He has his PSA tested a few times a year. There have been times that it has been so high we are sure it is cancer. So far it has always been diagnosed as an infection and treated with antibiotics. My husband’s father and his uncle (his dad’s brother) both have been treated for prostate cancer. In my husband’s case I would 100% say that prostate cancer runs in his family, it is hereditary.
So are there certain types of cancers that are hereditary? What makes certain types of cancer transferred down from parent to child? When I go to get a mammogram annually, I have dense breasts so I always have to go in several times before they can determine if I have something to be concerned with or not. My mom always tells me don’t worry about it breast cancer doesn’t run in our family. Like you can’t get it because everyone knows breast cancer is hereditary.
There are certain types of cancers that are hereditary, breast, colon, prostate and ovarian, 1 out of 10 diagnosis of cancers are hereditary. If you have a family history of a hereditary cancer you can take a genetic test to see if you are at risk of developing that type of cancer. Most people are born with 46 chromosomes 23 from your mother and 23 from your father. Within those chromosomes there are about 25,000 genes units of DNA. Sometimes there are mutations within the DNA that have been associated with cancer.
People usually get cancer when random cells have been changed by somatic mutations usually from aging or when a cell is damaged. This only occurs in some of the body’s cells and it is not passed along from parent to child. DNA mutations that are passed down from parent to child are called hereditary mutations, or germline mutations. When hereditary they are present in nearly every cell of the body including the sperm and egg cells. If you have these cells it does not mean you will get the cancer but have a higher risk that you could get that cancer.
Usually when a person is diagnosed with a cancer at a young age it is typically passed down from a parent. There are some cancers that are not the same type of cancer, breast and ovarian, but they are linked and can be passed down together in a family. There are other syndromes that are hereditary that can cause numerous types of cancers. If someone is diagnosed with Lynch Syndrome you are at risk for endometrial, ovarian, small intestine, kidney, brain, and pancreatic cancer. If you are diagnosed with Lynch Syndrome your relatives have a 50% chance of being diagnosed with it also.
I would say to the American Cancer Society with the tests that can be conducted today to detect if you carry the DNA to contract a hereditary cancer there should be more options for prevention. I would like to see a vaccine type treatment to be given to these individuals that are at risk for genetic cancers as prevention for a cancer developing.
