Can esophageal cancer be inherited in the family?

When we feel pain in the esophagus, acid reflux, or discomfort, we should go to the hospital for relevant examinations as soon as possible, because at the beginning it may just be esophagitis or a little infection. If it is not treated in time, it will turn into esophageal cancer. Whether esophageal cancer will be inherited in the family depends on the condition of the disease.

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Genetics plays a certain role. There is a certain family clustering among people with esophageal cancer. For example, people from high-incidence areas migrate to low-incidence areas, but the incidence rate of these people is still high compared with the local population, which proves that genetics plays a certain role.

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

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

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

The genetics of esophageal cancer are complex. The occurrence of esophageal cancer is a mystery that has not yet been fully solved. Therefore, when someone in your family has cancer, you must not have any wild thoughts. You must stay in a good mood, improve your immunity, learn and understand the relevant knowledge about esophageal cancer, and help your family and friends build confidence in defeating cancer.