Today on Navigating the Cancer Maze we begin our new season’s series exploring different cancers & the situations that lead up to being diagnosed with a particular cancer type. My guest Angela, has endured a lifetime of ill health. She inherited the condition known as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP); where numerous polyps form mainly in the epithelium of the large intestine. While these polyps start out benign, malignant transformation into colon cancer occurs when left untreated. FAP can have different inherited & genetic causes. By age 35 years, 95% of individuals with FAP (>100 adenoma
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