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What Is Reason For Getting Cancer?

My wife had skin cancer and was sucessfully treated for that. The next cancer she got was colon cancer and she was sucessfully treated for that one. The next cancer she got was a Brain Tumor and she was treated for that one and it went into remission but came back about 4yrs later and she past away from it. Why did she get so many cancers?
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These series of cancer suggest the presence of a cancer syndrome either cowden syndrome or lynch syndrome other wise know as hnpcc.
These syndromes lead to improper dna damage repair which leads to cancer.
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What Is Reason For Getting Cancer?

These series of cancer suggest the presence of a cancer syndrome either cowden syndrome or lynch syndrome other wise know as hnpcc. These syndromes lead to improper dna damage repair which leads to cancer.