Will I get cancer if I have a cancer causing gene?

Inheriting a cancer gene does not mean that you will get cancer. It means you have an increased risk of getting that particular type of cancer. People who inherit a form of a gene that causes cancer in 100% of the cases rarely survive childhood.

When scientists say that they have "found a cancer gene," they mean that they have found a gene, which, when mutated, increases a person's risk. For example, even though scientists refer to the recently discovered BRCA-1 gene as the "breast cancer gene," they are not being accurate. No woman really has a "breast cancer gene," a gene whose function is to cause cancer.

Instead, she may have inherited a copy of a gene that contains a specific mutation affecting the ability of that gene to function properly. The side effect is to increase her predisposition towards breast cancer.

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