Question

Explain whether you think judy's family occurrences of breast and ovarian cancers are sporadic, hereditary, or familial.

Answer 1

Sporadic cancer is cancer by chance, there is no relative with the same type of cancer. Familial Cancer, on the other hand, is a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Hereditary cancer, moreover, happens when a defective gene is passed from parent to child. Breast and ovarian cancer fall under hereditary cancer though it does not mean that if either of the parents have these types of cancer, the offspring will definitely acquire it. If either of the parents has the defective gene for breast or ovarian cancer, the offspring has higher chances of having the aforementioned cancer.