Cancer is not usually inherited because Cancer is not usually inherited because the cancerous cells usually interfere with the a
bility to produce gametes. the chromosomal changes in cancer are usually confined to somatic cells. people with cancer usually die before reproducing. the causes of cancer are not usually genetic.
But the DNA in the woman's eggs is still perfectly normal. So she won't pass on her lung cancer to her kids. This is why cancer is so rarely inherited. Since cancer often happens because of a DNA accident in a cell other than an egg or a sperm, it is not passed down
