[Hereditary predisposition to cancer].

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Cancer is a disease resulting from complex patterns of genetic alterations that lead to malignant transformation. As such, cancer is a genetically determined disease. The vast majority of cancers are sporadic and non-heritable: genetic alterations are acquired during life, notably by exposure to genotoxic agents. However, most cancer types also have hereditary forms, reflected in extreme situations by family...

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