Predisposition
Are genes responsible for cancer?

In the case of malignant lymphomas, no genetic predisposition or genetic factors have been demonstrated to date. In some non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, however, chromosomal changes acquired during the patient’s own lifetime have been discovered. Such anomalies are not transmissible from generation to generation, but rather are new and are present only in the patient’s lymphatic tissue.

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