Multiple Choice
Why do people with "inherited cancer" often develop cancer at a relatively young age?
A) Predisposition does not increase the chances that other risk factors will lead to the progression of cancer.
B) All inherited alleles that are associated with cancer cause childhood cancers.
C) Cancer cannot be truly inherited,but certain alleles weaken the normal control points that prevent cancer,and this causes cancer to appear earlier in life.
D) Younger people are exposed to more risk factors than older people.
E) all of these
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