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In Mexico, one in ten cases diagnosed with cancer is of hereditary origin, said the coordinator of the hereditary Cancer Clinic of INCAN.
According to the National Cancer Institute (INCAN) Hereditary cancer is more common in women than in men and primarily affects organs such as the bad, ovaries, endometrium, colon and digestive tract.
In Mexico, one in 10 cases diagnosed with cancer has an inherited origin said the coordinator of the hereditary Cancer Clinic of INCAN, Rosa María Álvarez Gómez, through a statement from the Ministry of Health.
He recalls that since 2013 at INCan he operates Hereditary Cancer Clinic and this year, it should offer comprehensive care to 1,500 people. The service provided is only for family members of patients with hereditary neoplasia who are treated at the institute, who are offered preventive measures or risk reduction.
Among hereditary tumors, the most common is Hereditary syndrome of bad and ovarian cancer so when a tumor is detected in the bad, targeted studies are also performed to detect an invasion of malignant cells in the ovaries, such as transbadl ultrasound and a tumor marker called C125, every six months
However, this type of carcinoma may affect other organs depending on the gene responsible. To prevent neoplasia in the ovaries, ovaries, uterine tuba or fallopian tubes are removed surgically.
Unlike cancers caused by external factors, heredity has genetic causes and specific characteristics: atypical cases such as bad carcinomas Men, are presented in a young population or out of the average population. Age, among others, he added.
Álvarez Gómez reported that the medical approach to hereditary cancer includes permanent monitoring of the state of health, and the patient can opt for surgical prevention measures or risk reduction, such as the mastectomy with reconstruction, which involves removing bad tissue in both bads or offering personalized medications.
He adds that not all neoplasms are inherited, even when one or more parents' disease is detected, and he pointed out that he recalled that 90 percent of case of cancer is the result of inadequate nutrition, physical inactivity, overweight and exposure to tobacco, among others
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