A Brazilian father who lost three children to cancer has tragically died of the same hereditary disease.
Régis Feitosa Mota, 53, was born with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a condition that increases the chances of developing cancerous tumors, Jam Press reports.
The lifetime risk of developing cancer is 70% for men and 90% for women.
People with the disorder may be stricken with more than one cancer in their lifetime.
Mota was diagnosed with cancer three times between 2016 and 2023.
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