El síndrome de poliposis juvenil (juvenile polyposis syndrome (SPJ) es una afección hereditaria que se caracteriza por la presencia de pólipos hamartomatosos en el tubo digestivo. Los hamartomas son masas no cancerosas (benignas) de tejido normal que se acumulan en los intestinos o en otros lugares. Estas masas se llaman pólipos si se forman dentro de una estructura corporal, como el estómago o los intestinos.
Compartir sus antecedentes familiares de salud con su equipo de atención médica es importante. Esto se aplica especialmente si a usted le han diagnosticado cáncer.
El cáncer hereditario significa que una persona nació con una mutación genética, o cambio, que hace que esta persona tenga más probabilidades de lo habitual de tener cáncer. Esta mutación genética podría provenir de la madre o del padre de la persona, o de ambos. El cáncer hereditario también se conoce como cáncer familiar o cáncer en la familia.
Can cancer risk run in families? Two pathologists answer 4 frequently asked questions about inherited cancer.
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Un factor de riesgo es todo aquello que aumenta la probabilidad de que una persona desarrolle cáncer. Si bien los factores de riesgo con frecuencia influyen en el desarrollo de un tumor, la mayoría no provocan cáncer de forma directa. Algunas personas que tienen varios factores de riesgo nunca desarrollan un tumor, mientras que sí lo hacen otras personas sin factores de riesgo conocidos.
Familial pancreatic cancer (FPC) is a term to describe families with a high rate of pancreatic cancer.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about screening for colorectal cancer. You will also learn the risks and benefits of screening. Use the menu to see other pages.
Screening is used to look for cancer before you have any symptoms or signs. Scientists have developed, and continue to develop, tests that can be used to screen a person for specific types of cancer before signs or symptoms appear. The overall goals of cancer screening are to:
Lower the number of people who die from the disease, or eliminate deaths from cancer altogether
Amy Grantham talks about how blogging and writing and acting in a film based on her experiences helped her cope with breast cancer treatment and the transition back into “real life.”
Sharing your family health history with your health care team is important. This is especially true if you or a family member have been diagnosed with cancer.
People may be more likely to be diagnosed with cancer if someone else in their family also had cancer. It is one of many risk factors for developing cancer.
Background
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a type of protein released by prostate tissue that is found in higher levels in a man’s blood when there is abnormal activity in the prostate, including prostate cancer or a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), which is not cancer but a noncancerous growth of normal prostate cells that occurs with age. Ever since higher levels of PSA have been linked to a higher likelihood of having prostate cancer, there has been hope that PSA testing could be a simple way to find prostate cancer earlier.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about the factors that increase the chance of developing neuroblastoma. Use the menu to see other pages.
For most types of cancer, a “risk factor” is anything that increases a person’s chance of developing cancer. Although risk factors can influence the development of cancer, most do not directly cause cancer. Some people with several risk factors never develop cancer, while others with no known risk factors do.
