Can esophageal cancer be inherited?

Esophageal cancer is a common malignant tumor that occurs in the esophageal epithelial tissue. It also has a clear familial clustering phenomenon. Because of this obvious familial clustering phenomenon, many people suspect that esophageal cancer is hereditary.

It is currently believed that esophageal cancer is not a direct hereditary disease, but many cases of esophageal cancer tend to cluster in families. If someone in the family has esophageal cancer, his children are several times more likely to have esophageal cancer than the average person. These cancers are called hereditary familial cancers. The influence of this genetic factor is medically called genetic susceptibility.

People in the same family have a lot of similar eating habits, so the family clustering phenomenon is high. The high incidence of esophageal cancer is related to men's long-term smoking and drinking habits, as well as hard food that is not chewed thoroughly.

In addition, very few esophageal cancer families have been found in the world. In such families, about one-third of the members have successively suffered from esophageal cancer, and the incidence rate is the same for men and women, and they mostly suffer from the same type of cancer. Such esophageal cancer family is definitely related to genetics, but in fact, there are not many such families.

Through observation, people gradually realized that lifestyle and exposure to certain carcinogens in the environment can increase the body's susceptibility to esophageal cancer. It was also found that some patients with congenital immunodeficiency have a much higher risk of esophageal cancer than normal people. For hereditary familial esophageal cancer, those who often have defective genes are more likely to develop esophageal cancer. A large amount of clinical data confirms that if there is an esophageal cancer patient in the family, the offspring will not necessarily develop esophageal cancer.

The genetics of esophageal cancer is very complex. The occurrence of esophageal cancer is a mystery that has not yet been fully solved.

Hot article on esophageal cancer: Application of PETCT in clinical staging of esophageal cancer. Gamma knife surgery is the first choice for upper esophageal cancer. Therefore, when someone in your family has cancer, you must not let your imagination run wild. You must stay in a good mood, improve your immunity, learn and understand the relevant knowledge of esophageal cancer, and help your family and friends build confidence in defeating cancer. Develop healthy eating habits, stay away from unhealthy factors, and pay attention to prevention in life to reduce the risk of esophageal cancer. Especially in winter, do not drink boiling hot water and hot porridge for warmth. At the same time, do not eat or eat less spicy and irritating foods, and develop the habit of chewing slowly when eating to avoid chronic long-term damage to the esophageal mucosa.

For people at high risk of esophageal cancer, they should pay attention to good living habits and have regular physical examinations. They can screen for esophageal cancer through upper gastrointestinal tract barium radiography, esophagoscopy, PET-CT and other examinations. Especially for people who have the conditions, PET-CT is a good choice to facilitate early detection and treatment of esophageal cancer.