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I've also had multiple cancers, and not related to each other. Melanoma. Angiosarcoma, and a GIST. Also, and within a short time span, a large number of pre-cancer tumors which were surgically removed. That was a few years ago. Presently, I am having numerous skin cancers.
My doctors were not at all amazed or surprised, or even worried! But then, I had the bad luck of going to a very large teaching hospital where patient care was secondary and quite poor. Nevertheless, I managed to recover.
I do have a friend who is a cancer researcher in a cancer research facility; when I told him my history, he was sure it was no doubt a gene which gave me the pre-disposition for multiple cancers. He is interesting in testing, which is a lot more than my former doctors!

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Hello @mermaid7272,

Your story about your multiple cancers, not related to each other, is undoubtedly interesting to the medical community. I'm so glad to hear that you have recovered from your treatments. Sometimes teaching hospitals can very good patient care but it sounds as if this was not the case for you.

If you have children and/or grandchildren the results of gene testing might be very helpful for them in thinking about their future health. Are you considering the testing for the gene/genes that might be responsible for your cancers?