Which of the following effectively describes the situation of someone with an inherited predisposition to cancer such a familial adenomatous polyposis or BRCA-associated familial breast cancer?  Choose all that apply Group of answer choices None of the other answers effectively describes the situation If they get malignant cancer, somatic mutations will not have been a factor Their cancer will most likely arise in their germ cells, not their somatic cells Most cells in their body contain multiple cancer-causing mutations Every cell of their body contains a gain-of-function allele of an oncogene Every cell of their body contains a defective, loss-of-function allele of a tumor suppressor gene

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Which of the following effectively describes the situation of someone with an inherited predisposition to cancer such a familial adenomatous polyposis or BRCA-associated familial breast cancer? 

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None of the other answers effectively describes the situation
If they get malignant cancer, somatic mutations will not have been a factor
Their cancer will most likely arise in their germ cells, not their somatic cells
Most cells in their body contain multiple cancer-causing mutations
Every cell of their body contains a gain-of-function allele of an oncogene
Every cell of their body contains a defective, loss-of-function allele of a tumor suppressor gene
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