Is colon cancer hereditary?Doctors say there is a genetic susceptibility to cancer. Research has also found that cancer has regional or family aggregation. Patients with hereditary cancers carry genetic material that makes their cells more likely to become cancerous and may be passed on to the next generation.
At present, about 20% of cancers are hereditary in families. However, not all cancers are hereditary, and only 5% to 10% of tumors are hereditary. Among them, colon cancer has a hereditary risk.
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