Most cases of lung cancer are not related to inherited genetic changes. These cancers are associated with somatic mutations that occur only in certain cells in the lung. Not all people who inherit mutations in these genes will develop lung cancer
Lung cancer cannot be directly inherited, but your chances of developing lung cancer can increase because of your heredity. This is because lung cancer is caused because of the mutations in lung cells, and not sex cells, meaning it cannot be passed off to offspring.
