Is cancer hereditary?

Is cancer hereditary?

Is cancer hereditary? The simple answer to this question is no. You can see that lung cancer is more common in some families, but that does not mean that the parents of children has passed. It can be caused for example by preventing certain habits within the family, such as smoking.

This has been scientifically proven comparative case study of monozygotic twins and tweeëiige by the National Cancer Institute in Maryland (USA) showed that in the development of lung cancer hereditary factors play no role.

The main cause for the development of lung cancer is smoking, especially cigarette smoking. (NR info, 1/95 from: Berliner Morgenpost August 14, 1994)