Do parents with skin cancer pass it on to their offspring?

Answer 1

Yes, there certainly is a heredity factor with Crohns disease. Many studies have shown that those families with prior members affected will have as much as a 20% higher risk of seeing it in the same family.

Answer 2

Cancer itself is not directly communicable, but there are certain genetic mutations that predispose a person to developing types of cancers, such as the BRCA 1 & 2 mutations with breast and uterine cancer or the genes for retinoblastoma. Just inheriting the genes is not enough to cause cancer, though--you would need to develop secondary mutations. So there are indeed cancers that tend to run in families, but just because one of your parents had cancer does not mean that you will. It also does not mean that if your parents don't have cancer that you will not develop it yourself.

Answer 3

It is not passed down at all.^wrong, you can find traces of cancer in people - due to heredity

Answer 4

it depends on how the parents got the skin cancer. if the parents got it from being in the sun to much, then no. but if its genetic and runs in the family, then its possible

Answer 5

Some cancers are genetic, or heavily influenced by genetics. But none are "contagious" in the sense that a virus is contagious.

Answer 6

An increased risk of (skin) cancer can be passed on, but the cancer itself is not passed on. That has to develop by itself. Or not, depending on chance.