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Leukemia
I would like to know if there is a risk of leukemia or another type of cancer returning to a person who had it at 7 years old and is know 27 yearsWhat do the statistics say?.My other question is this disease herediatry? Can it be passed ones kids
CyberDoc
Josh, statistically speaking, if the cancer returns, it’s a new cancer and not the return of the original. Although cancer tends to run in families, leukaemia has not been proven to hereditary as far as I know. Good luck.
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