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In 2006, about 1.4 million new cancers were diagnosed in the United States. This includes 1 million non-melanomatous skin cancers. Almost 10 million Americans are alive today with a diagnosis of cancer. The likelihood that any given person has a family history of cancer is, therefore, quite high. The majority of these cases are due to complex environmental factors or chance. However, in 5–10% of cases this is due to a heritable familial cancer syndrome.
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Elieff, M.P., Lopez-Beltran, A., Montironi, R., Cheng, L. (2008). Familial Cancer Syndromes. In: Cheng, L., Zhang, D.Y. (eds) Molecular Genetic Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-405-6_18
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