Categories of Cancer

Question 1

Sporadic

Answer 1

70-80%

Question 2

Sporadic gene- gene that was affected was/was not inherited

Answer 2

Was not

Question 3

Do sporadic cancer cases run in families?

Answer 3

No, they’re random

Question 4

Risk factors for sporadic cancer

Answer 4

Environmental, age, and other medical conditions

Question 5

Hereditary percentage

Answer 5

5-10%

Question 6

In hereditary cancer cases, the mutated gene (gene change) that caused cancer has been present ____________ and is present in __________

Answer 6

SINCE BIRTH, EVERY cell in a person’s body

Question 7

In hereditary cases, the mutated gene was most likely passed down from ____________

Answer 7

parent to child

Question 8

Hereditary cancer follows a ____________ pattern and can be

Answer 8

single-gene disorder, dominant or recesive

Question 9

Familial groups

Answer 9

15-20%

Question 10

Familial cancer will occur in _____________________

Answer 10

more than one member of a family

Question 11

Familial cancers are DIFFERENT than hereditary cancers because these do not appear to cause by a ___________________

Answer 11

change in one gene

Question 12

Familial cancers are influenced by a combination of ________________

Answer 12

genes and diet and exercise

Question 13

The origin of ___________ can not be found and genetic testing is NOT typically recommended (because in most cancers we can’t find the origin of the cancer so we don’t know what to test for)

Answer 13

familial cancers