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2017-02-17 04:19:50
Both my grandparents and great grandmother had cancer. We came to know that my grandma has cancer just before 15 days of her death. Is it likely that my parents or I can have cancer ? If yes, is there any way to identify cancer ? What are the tests to get checked up for cancer ?
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There are many cancers which can be hereditary. It depends on which type of cancer. There are some genetic tests which assesses the presence of such genes and may give percentage of chance of developing cancer.

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