If a parent had Acute Leukemia, can a child ever be at risk?
Curious...one of my parents has had this (now in remission)..wondering if I'm at risk to develop either the same leukemia (AML) or other cancer someday. Is my risk greater than the normal population? Any genetic link?
My grandma on this parent's side passed away from liver cancer (originating from Hepatitis C contacted from a blood transfusion).
- midnightmoon62
Aml is generally not considered hereditary. However, there is some evidence that suggest it may be in some cases.
I dont have any referrences, but I am the 5th person to be diagnosed out of my extended family. I also know of a family that 3 siblings and one of their children were all diagnosed aml within a few years of each other.
- quijibored
AML (and CML) are rather common diseases of aging adults and the children of a parent with AML does not carry a greater risk of developing leukemia than the children from a family where the parents did not develop leukemia. Aging is main the risk factor for adults developing leukemia - not genetics.
If you and your parents lived in an area where there was lots of nuclear testing in the past there may seem to be a genetic connection to cancer clusters but really the real connection is the shared environmental exposure to too much background radiation. Areas of the country where this might happen would be in WA state, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and who knows where else they were testing nuclear weapons in the past.
- Disco Diva
Leukemia is not considered a disease that is hereditary. That was a question that my late husband asked when he was diagnosed. We were told that our children are not at any higher risk than the general population, just because he got it.
Leukemia — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment of this blood-related cancer.
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