What kinds of cancer have you had in your family?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

Assuming that most people have been affected by this. My mom died of colon cancer, and my sister died of breast cancer.

And my condolences in advance to all. It's really hell to watch someone go through it.

[ihaveaquestion]

1. My Uncle had Melanoma a few years back.

[terrya]

2. My dad had lung cancer and colon cancer.

My grandfather had lung cancer. Both died from it.

[Momgonepostal]

3. Colon, stomach, esophagus...

In my family, it's the women who get cancer and the men drop dead of heart attacks in their 50's or 60's.

[Richardo]

4. None, may Allah be praised.

Emphysema, yes, but not cancer.

[unsavedtrash]

5. lung, colon, breast, brain, stomach, esophagus

[Shell Beau]

6. My grandfather died of throat cancer and my grandmother

died of some kind of cancer. I should know, but she abandoned my father and his brother when they were little. He never forgave her I don't think, and I never met her. I do know she was dying of cancer the same time my grandfather was and my dad chose to be with his father. And he always considered his step-mom as his mom. She was the one who loved and raised him and I knew her as grandma!

[jus_the_facts]

7. My Dad just died with Leukemia and he also had a tumor in one lung as well

...they removed the lung with the tumor but after he had the bone marrow transplant for the Leukemia he died from graft vs. host disease. :cry:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

10. I'm very sorry for your loss

[jus_the_facts]

11. Thank You....s'been really difficult to realize he's no longer here.....

...miss him more every day that goes by. :(

[ET Awful]

8. Colon cancer and brain tumor in direct family line. My grandmother's

second husband (not a blood relative) died of prostate cancer.

[kick-ass-bob]

9. Only one person that I know of

and it was a brain tumor. I don't know if it was malignant or not, but brain tumors, benign or not are pretty similar.

[ulysses]

12. nine years ago,

I had lunch with the oncologist who treated me in 1980-81 for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. His thoughts? "Live long enough, and you will get cancer."

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Lung, breast, prostate, melanoma.

:hi:

[Xithras]

14. Skin, lung, bone, breast, brain, pancreas, prostate. We're cancer magnets.

My family on both sides has had horrible luck with cancer. Some have survived it, most haven't.

On edit: I forgot these: Ovarian and spinal (my mom and paternal grandfather, respectively).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Wow, reading this thread makes me humbly grateful for my family's

luck so far....

As far as I know, no-one in my family has died from cancer...

Two years ago, my bro-in-law was diagnosed with colon cancer...

And he died....but not from the cancer directly, but by his own hand...

He'd been responding well to his treatments, but apparently couldn't take the loss of his independant way of life....and the pain...

So he shot himself...

The rest of us have had numerous bouts with early basal cell carcinomas...

[thom1102]

16. Two breast, and two peritoneal (related to Ovarian)...

and that was just my mom. The latest is peritoneal, which she was just recently diagnosed (just started chemo last weekend), and it is terminal...
Dad: pancreatic (deceased)
Aunt: breast
Aunt: melanoma
Grandma: stomach(deceased)
Grandpa: lung (deceased)
Grandpa: throat (deceased)

[crispini]

17. Ovarian. Mother, grandmother, and great-aunt.

Uncle died of a brain tumor.

[Doctor_J]

18. Colon - grandpa died @50

that's pretty much it.

[Nikia]

19. So far, cancer does not run in my family

My grandfather's brother had liver cancer. He was an alcoholic. He ended up killing himself before he died of it.
My other grandfather did not believe that he would die of smoking related cancer because no one in his family had died from cancer and therefore, he did not believe that he had cancer genes. He died of heart problems.

[u4ic]

20. Pancreatic and lung

my mother had pancreatic, and that was the first cancer in her family.

My uncle (my father's brother) died of lung cancer, after being a lifelong smoker.

[MissHoneychurch]

21. my granddad prostata cancer

which spread through his whole body

my dad had a brain tumor

[eyesroll]

22. There's cancer all over both sides of my family.

Maternal grandmother: Breast cancer, twice. Liver cancer (probably rogue cells from the breast tumors -- she didn't get chemo, just mastectomies, both times), spread to her lungs, she died of complications at 76.

Maternal uncle: Breast cancer (yep) in his 50s. Surgery, chemo, radiation, he's in remission.

Paternal grandmother: Breast cancer, once, a few years ago. Lumpectomy, radiation, tamoxifen. She's 78 and doing well, just getting older now.

Paternal grandfather: Thyroid cancer a couple of years ago, but they caught it early, yanked it out, no further treatment except watchful waiting. He's 81 and doing well.

Paternal aunt: Breast cancer, spread all over, killed her at 39.

Paternal uncle: Chronic myelogenous leukemia, diagnosed in his early 40s, about two years ago; in remission.

Paternal aunt: Non-invasive carcinomas. She's fine now.

So far, my parents, sister and I have been lucky.

[deadparrot]

23. Maternal grandfather died of lung cancer...

a lifelong smoker. Never knew him.

[scarlet_owl]

24. Skin, colon, and breast.

[slackmaster]

25. Colon cancer big-time on my mother's side

My maternal grandfather and two of his brothers died of it, and their sister was diagnosed with it when she was on her death bed with something else.

My mother's younger sister had to have a section of her colon removed because of cancer. She's doing OK now. My mom and I have both had polyps removed. None of mine have been considered dangerous, OTOH I'm only 47.

The real kicker is the cancer that has killed my relatives has all started in the coecum, the beginning of the large intestine where a sigmoidoscopy cannot detect it. If my grandfather had been born 20 years later he very likely would have had his cancer diagnosed in time to save his life.

[Left_Winger]

26. Two people

Both my mother and and paternal grandmother died of ovarian cancer.

[donheld]

27. Soft cell sarcoma

My sister had it. She's a survivor.

[Saphire]

28. breast cancer and brain cancer.

[LeftyMom]

29. leukemia, breast, bone, brain, lung, skin nt

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Colon and Leukemia...

[skygazer]

31. Several

My paternal grandfather died of brain cancer (I believe).

Dad has beaten colon cancer.

Mom died of breast cancer.

Paternal aunt died of breast cancer, other paternal aunt has breast cancer.

Maternal grandmother died of (I think) lung cancer.

Maternal aunt died of breast cancer.

I have survived cervical cancer.

And I agree. It is an awful thing to watch someone you love being ravaged by such an unforgiving disease. :hug:

[Beausoir]

32. Multiple myeloma

Horrid disease which claimed the life of my vibrant, healthy father in less than 100 days.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

41. Wow - I'm sorry

Sweeps over you like a whirlwind, doesn't it?

[Beausoir]

46. A whirlwind is such an apt description. n/t

[leftofthedial]

33. breast cancer

sister survivor (7 years)

[Dave Reynolds]

34. Colon, lung, lymphoma. /nt

[RebelOne]

35. Lung cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer

My mother died of lung cancer (she was a smoker). My cousin died of lung cancer (he never smoked a cigarette in his life). My grandmoher died of breast cancer and my sister died of kidney cancer about 3 years ago.

[djeseru]

36. Stomach and skin.

Not looking forward to them later in life...

[Radio_Lady]

37. Grandmother had pancreatic cancer, mother had breast cancer but

did not die of it. She had a lump removed and refused all other treatment, including Tamoxifen. Arteriorsclerosis took her down at age 71. She smoked for most of her life, and so did my Dad.

Sad.

My husband's first wife died of stomach cancer when she was 34 years old. They opened her up and closed her up. Nothing to do but keep her comfortable through the end of days. Died October 1971. I met him in the summer of 1972. He believes that stress from her family caused the cancer to become exacerbated. Who knows????

[yellowdogintexas]

38. cancer does not run in my family; it gallops

My great grandfather Smith had stomach cancer
His children:
my grandmother: metastatic uterine cancer
my great aunt: breast CA, cervical CA, colon CA (died of old age)
my great uncle: metastatic gallbladder cancer.

my mom had breast cancer (but died of a combination of many things, the cancer had been cured)


on my dad's side, I have lost two cousins, one with breast cancer and the other with esophageal cancer. (cousins in the second generational sense: we all shared the same great grandparents)

[miss_kitty]

39. My dad died of a big cell cancer of the liver

his sister died of breast cancer and his brother died of esophageal cancer. I had a basal cell anal cancer. My mom's aunt died of breast cancer, and my grandmother's (Dad's mom) uncle died of stomach cancer.

I think there was a mutation in my dad's generation.

[VelmaD]

40. It's really hard to talk about...

when I was about 15 years old my favorite aunt on my mom's side and my paternal grandfather both died of colon cancer. I have an aunt who had breast cancer but she survived.

I don't like thinking about it right now...not with Andy's passing so fresh and with my best friend of 16 years facing chemo soon. :(

[DemGirl7]

42. My Dad died of Pancreatic Cancer

Seeing what happened to him for a year and a half...I hope no one esle in my family never go through the same thing.

[indigo32]

43. Many

Colon, Breast, Lung, Prostate...
too many affected.

[progmom]

44. my mother recovered from thyroid cancer

we're so fortunate.

[Lady President]

45. Father and Grandfather Lung Cancer

My grandfather died of lung cancer in 1985.
My father died of lung cancer just two weeks ago.:cry:

Next week I'll have some moles removed that are likely at least pre-cancerous. Not a big deal at all, but it's my third time having spots removed and I'm only 34.