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Cancer Inherited Genetics
5-10% of cancers are diagnosed in people with hereditary cancer syndromes
affect about 1:500 people in the general population, or up to 1:50 in certain groups
Heritable Syndromes
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) -1 and -2
- Hereditary non-Polyposis Colon Cancer
- retinoblastoma
- breast cancer (familial)