Welcome to paging Dr. Gupta.

This is the place where I get to answer the questions that you've been wondering about straight from your everyday life.

I love hearing from you.

I get to hear your voices.

I get to hear your stories.

And, of course, your real health questions.

So Kira's back with us.

Who do we have first?

Hey, Sanjay. So we're starting off today with a great question, and I think the timing is perfect since July is actually bone cancer

awareness month. Here it is. Hey, Dr. Gupta. I've got a cancer question. So I'm 77 years old.

I live in California. Both my parents raised in totally different environments, died from bone cancer.

So I became concerned and wondered if I was prone to a bone cancer death.

I read that cancer is a gene present in every person.

And my understanding is that there are different triggers that activate the cancer gene.

When I expressed my concern to three different doctors, all said cancer doesn't work like that.

So my question is then, how does it work?

Since I can't get a cancer screening without medical approval unless I have cancer, what can I do to be more

proactive other than diet and exercise? Thank you so much. Have a great day. Bye-bye.

Well, thank you so much for sending in this question. I have to say it makes a lot of sense

that you're asking this. You've lost both parents to the same type of cancer, so I think it's

natural to wonder what that might mean for you. And I'm going to dive into what you need to know

around this in just a moment. Rated T for Teen. Each year, thousands of adults lose their shred.

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