Familial cancer
In familial cancer, not one but several members of the same family are at risk of developing the disease.
This reveals a vulnerability making the family more prone to develop one or several types of cancer.
This vulnerability can be seen in the family history of cancer with a higher than normal number of cases.
However, familial cancer is rare. Most diagnosed cancers are Sporadic Cancer .
Familial cancer can be or not hereditary:
> Non-hereditary familial cancer
> Hereditary familial cancer