Cancer:
Cancer as a risk factor for other conditions.
Introduction:
This section examines what risks having cancer,
or a related cancer aspect such as a family history of cancer or treatment for cancer,
have on your chances of getting another cancer or some other condition.
Treatment with chemotherapy for cancer also usually causes immune deficiencies,
which is another risk factor for many conditions; see immunocompromise.
Condition count:
32;
see list of conditions below.
Risk factor classes:Diseases (134)
Risk factors:Risk Factor Center,
risk factor list Conditions list:
The following list of conditions
have 'Cancer' or similar
listed as a risk factor in our database:
Ovarian Cancer
... family history of ovarian cancer, family history of breast cancer, previous history of ovarian cancer, family history of early onset cancer
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