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Well, the thing is like this, a lot of people from my mother's side of the family has died from cancer, but thank God my mother doesn't have it nor my brother. I would like to know if I am still at risk to get it. Maybe simple test I could get done to be sure I am healthy (Like a blood test) There has been more than two persons with the same type of cancer that killed members of my family (Like brain cancer,lung and colon) I even heard about a virtual colon cancer test (is that even possible? :0) Maybe anybody who had or has cancer could help me knowing a better way to take care of myself, a better diet. Anything is gonna be good. Thank you!
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Well, the thing is like this, a lot of people from my mother's side of the family has died from cancer, but thank God my mother doesn't have it nor my brother. I would like to know if I am still at risk to get it. Maybe simple test I could get done to be sure I am healthy (Like a blood test) There has been more than two persons with the same type of cancer that killed members of my family (Like brain cancer,lung and colon) I even heard about a virtual colon cancer test (is that even possible? :0) Maybe anybody who had or has cancer could help me knowing a better way to take care of myself, a better diet. Anything is gonna be good. Thank you!
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Colon Cancer Conquered
Research nutrition and learn as much as you can. Vegetarians have a way lesser chance of getting cancer if I’m not mistaken. It will take time to learn what is actually healthy and what is not. When you shop, try to only shop around the perimeter of the grocery store. This will keep you away from most processed foods.
Also, try to remain stress free.
Treat yourself well, love yourself, and I think you will be fine.
No need for supplements!
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Everyone is at risk for cancer. There isn’t a single test for the more than 200 diseases classified as cancer. Colon cancer screening should start at 50 years old, earlier if you have a first degree relative with it. Family history is only a risk factor with some cancers and it is not usually one the most important ones.
Colon Cancer Conquered
Hereditary cancer is rare; fewer than 10% of all cancer cases are hereditary. Cancer diagnosed after the age of 50 is even less likely to be hereditary.
A sign that cancer MAY be hereditary within a family is when several members of the same side of a family have had the SAME type of cancer, especially if some developed it at a younger than usual age.
Several members of a family having had different types of cancer is not hereditary. And with one in two men and one in two women developing cancer, it isn’t unusual for two or more members of the same extended family to have the same type of non-hereditary cancer, especially the older members (most people diagnosed with cancer are over 60, and, as I said, cancer diagnosed after the age of 50 is unlikely to be hereditary).
There are some cancers where genetic testing can be carried out to establish whether someone is at increased risk, but these are only recommended where it has been established that a cancer is hereditary within a family, or where there is a strong family history.
In the case of colon cancer, for example, you are considered to have a strong family history if you have one first degree relative diagnosed before the age of 45 or two first degree relatives diagnosed at any age. A first degree relative is a parent, brother, sister or child.
In my own family, two of my grandparents died of cancer. Both my parents had cancer and my mother died of it. So did my aunt, my uncle and my teenage cousin. None of their cancers were hereditary, and no members of my immediate or extended family have ever been considered at increased risk of any of the cancers they had.
Of my parents’ 6 children, now aged from late forties to early sixties, I am the only one who has developed cancer, and mine too was non-hereditary and unconnected to theirs.
While a healthy diet is always important, there’s no evidence that it will protect you from cancer; I was a vegan with a largely organic diet (still am) before being diagnosed with cancer.
A virtual colon cancer test sounds like one of the many scams that are all over the internet. No, it’s not possible.