Prevention

Some people inherit from their parents mutated genes that predispose to cancer:

• Parents do not transmit cancer: it is not contagious. But a few more mutations in the cell are sufficient to cause the disease. Breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer consultations exist in the region: they allow to determine if the patient is from a family at risk.
• A minor role. Heredity plays a decisive role in only 5% of cancer cases.
• We do not inherit only genes! The fact that many of our relatives suffer from cancers in a family does not necessarily mean that we inherit susceptibility genes: lifestyle predisposing to cancer is sometimes transmitted.
• Want to know more? Go to the  oncogenetic consultations - Institut Claudius Rigaud

Valuable prevention

Before all messages and prevention campaigns that you see everyday, how do you feel? : Fear? Guilt? Indifference? Repulsion?
What are their impacts on your behavior?

Tests are for everyone!

• Detect early ... to heal!
  Some cancers can be detected before symptoms appear: Thanks to prevention tests! http://www.doc31.fr  It allows better care, lightens treatments and possible sequelae. Sometimes, those prevention tests even avoid the occurrence of the disease: the anomaly that could develop into cancer is identified and treated.
• Organized prevention tests not to be missed!
  The French government has established and organized a prevention test for breast and colon cancer, two commonly affected organs. It is a reliable and inexpensive test that can detect at a stage where doctors have effective treatment. People over 50 are required to be tested for free. Accepting to undergo such prevention test is behaving as a responsible citizen!