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Diagnosed Stage 1 Melanoma Before Wife S Pregnancy. Any Chance Of Passing It To The Child?
I found out that I was stage IV melanoma when my wife was 8 months pregnant. I had been diagnosed stage 1 about two years prior to the pregnancy, but the margins were clear after surgery and there was no lymph node involvement. Is there a chance I passed the cancer to my child?
Tue, 20 May 2014
The cancer itself is not passed to child by mother or father. But a child receives half his genes from both parents. If he got defective cancer supresor genes or over active cancer promoting genes from his parents, his chances of developing cancer increases in his life time. Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help
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