Why Do People with Inheritable High-Risk Mutations Develop Cancer at an Earlier

question 100

Multiple Choice

Why do people with inheritable high-risk mutations develop cancer at an earlier age?

• A) People who have inherited high-risk mutations start life with at least one predisposing mutation,so they require fewer additional mutations.
• B) People who have inherited high-risk mutations always have other environmental risk factors putting them at higher risk for developing cancer at a younger age.
• C) People with inheritable high-risk mutations start expressing the mutated genes at a younger age.
• D) The inherited mutations cause new mutations to occur more easily.
• E) All the above.

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