Can I have children if I have esophageal cancer?

Esophageal cancer, also known as esophageal cancer, is a malignant tumor that occurs in the esophageal epithelial tissue, accounting for 2% of all malignant tumors. About 220,000 people die from esophageal cancer every year in the world. my country is a high-incidence area for esophageal cancer, and the number of deaths from esophageal cancer ranks second only to gastric cancer. The age of onset is mostly over 40 years old, and there are more males than females. However, in recent years, the number of patients under 40 years old has been increasing.

Every woman has the qualifications and desire to be a mother, but patients with esophageal cancer are extremely conflicted due to the obstruction of the disease. This is also a problem that doctors often encounter in clinical practice. Theoretically, as long as the reproductive system of patients with esophageal cancer is normal, it is still possible to give birth. However, from a medical point of view and from the perspective of eugenics, a married patient with esophageal cancer should be discouraged from getting pregnant and giving birth.

Patients with esophageal cancer should not get pregnant before they are fully recovered, as pregnancy will affect the patient's nutrition and physical strength. If the patient still needs intermittent maintenance treatment, most of the drugs are cytotoxic drugs that are toxic to the fetus, which will cause fetal malformation, miscarriage, and premature birth. If you are already pregnant, you should try to terminate the pregnancy as soon as possible. Clinical data have shown that pregnancy can promote the recurrence and metastasis of esophageal cancer, and also bring many difficulties to treatment, affecting the efficacy. If the patient suffers from reproductive system or breast tumors, whether to get pregnant should be consulted by oncology and gynecology experts. If it does not affect the health of the body and the patient has the ability to get pregnant and give birth, pregnancy can be considered. But it is generally better not to get pregnant, so as to avoid the imbalance of the endocrine system in the body and disturb the health of the patient.

Some patients are diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy. In this case, the pregnancy should be terminated quickly to protect the pregnant woman and the esophageal cancer should be treated early. If the patient is close to delivery, induced labor or cesarean section can be performed, and then the esophageal cancer can be treated.