What is family history of cancer?

Published On: 12 Nov, 2021 12:46 AM | Updated On: 23 Oct, 2024 5:02 PM

What is family history of cancer?

Dr. P K Julka, Senior Director, Oncology Daycare Center, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, will talk about the family history of cancer in this video. Family history of cancer means if a person’s parents side or first degree relatives have cancer in the family such as breast, ovarian or prostate cancers, then there is more probability of  getting cancer in the offspring.

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Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka

MD (Radiotherapy & Oncology), FAMS -Oncology/ Cancer Care, Practices at Max Institute of Cancer Care. Had higher training at the M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, Texas, under World Health Organisation fellowship & there after at the Long Beach Memorial Cancer Center, Long Beach, California. Former President - Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (Northern Chapter).

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