“We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality, as well as our physical health and appearance,” award-winning author Joan D. Vinge has noted.

Some fortunate folks inherit genes that bestow fetching looks upon them. Others unfortunately inherit the risk of cancer. That risk has been part of Beth Withrow’s adult life.

“I lost both my parents and my mother’s mother to cancer,” said the Merritt Island resident, who started regular cancer screenings 20 years ago, when she was 30. 

Cancer is, in a significant part, a genetic disease, and 5 percent to 10 percent of all cancers are associated with inherited genetic mutations.

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