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What Are Chances Of Getting Abdominal Cancer With Family History Of Abdominal Cancer?
what are the chances of myself getting abdominal cancer if my mother and grandmother died of cancer in the abdomen. They were both 65. I am 5 ft. 123lbs.I exercise3-4 times a week. Dietary wise,I eat much healthier than either of them. I fortunately quit smoking after about 13 years on and off. I smoked anywhere from 3 cigarettes to 10 on averqage.
Wed, 4 Mar 2015
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Abdominal cancer is a non specific entity or diagnosis. It is important to know the exact cancer or group of cancer that have occurred in your family members. Since you have changes over to adapting a healthy lifestyle including food habits and exercises as described, your general health condition appears to be good. Also you have quit smoking and that is a positive development in reducing the chance of throat and lung cancer.
Cancers can happen due to particular activation of cancer genes, some cancers might start after infection of viruses like HPV virus causing carcinoma cervix and hepatitis B causing liver cancer. There are patients who also get cancer due to exposure to harmful substances in the environment.
In your case, it will help to know the exact type of cancer your mother and grandmother had and then get tested for the gene marker of that cancer. Please do not worry.
Thanks for writing in.
Abdominal cancer is a non specific entity or diagnosis. It is important to know the exact cancer or group of cancer that have occurred in your family members. Since you have changes over to adapting a healthy lifestyle including food habits and exercises as described, your general health condition appears to be good. Also you have quit smoking and that is a positive development in reducing the chance of throat and lung cancer.
Cancers can happen due to particular activation of cancer genes, some cancers might start after infection of viruses like HPV virus causing carcinoma cervix and hepatitis B causing liver cancer. There are patients who also get cancer due to exposure to harmful substances in the environment.
In your case, it will help to know the exact type of cancer your mother and grandmother had and then get tested for the gene marker of that cancer. Please do not worry.
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