Introduction to intergenerational inheritance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

The issue of inter-generational inheritance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a concern of many nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Today, we will introduce the issue of inter-generational inheritance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma to you based on some knowledge about nasopharyngeal carcinoma. We hope that the following information will be helpful to you.

Hospital experts said they wanted to know whether nasopharyngeal cancer can be inherited from one generation to another. The answer given by the experts is no. Why is this? Because human cells are divided into two categories: somatic cells and germ cells, such as muscle cells, bone cells, and nerve cells. There is no direct connection between the previous generation and the next generation. Only germ cells, sperm and egg cells, are cells that communicate genetic information between parents and children. When the DNA in the reproductive cells of the father and mother becomes cancerous, all cells in their children's bodies obtain this changed genetic information and may become cancerous. This is a "hereditary" cancer. The DNA of somatic cells changes in the acquired environment and becomes a cancer cell. Then the daughter cells generated by the division of this cell are still cancer cells. It will not affect the cancer of the DNA in the germ cells, so this cancer cell will not be inherited to children. This is a "non-hereditary" cancer. Therefore, not all nasopharyngeal cancers are inherited. People with a family history of nasopharyngeal cancer should realize that although they may suffer from nasopharyngeal cancer due to inheritance, it does not mean that they will definitely get nasopharyngeal cancer. Therefore, nasopharyngeal cancer will not be inherited from one generation to another.

The above is a simple statement. I wish you a happy and healthy day every day.