In less than 5% of cases, genetics plays a more significant role by causing a hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome.
These 2 inherited cancer syndromes account for about 5% of all colorectal cancers.
In hereditary cancer syndromes, individuals are born with the first hit.
Adrenocortical carcinoma may be linked to a cancer syndrome that is passed down through families (inherited).
A positive family history may sometimes provide risk information in the absence of a specific genetically determined cancer syndrome.
Evidence of a hereditary cancer syndrome from the consultand's personal and family history.
A hereditary cancer syndrome has been identified in a family.
It is a type of cancer syndrome.
Several inherited cancer syndromes are associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer.
Two or more first-degree relatives with tumor types belonging to a known familial cancer syndrome.