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Can a person inherit cancer genetically? explain

Can a person inherit cancer genetically? explain
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Can a person inherit cancer genetically? explain

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Cancer is a somatic mutation.

Because somatic mutations are not passed in gametes like germ mutations, cancer cannot be inherited
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