Learn about the genetic issues of pancreatic cancer

Many pancreatic cancer patients have this question: Is pancreatic cancer hereditary? Some have it because their parents or relatives also have pancreatic cancer, while others worry about the health of the next generation and worry that they will pass on the disease to their children, preventing them from growing up healthily. So is pancreatic cancer hereditary? Cancer experts at the Oncology Hospital give you a detailed answer:

To understand whether pancreatic cancer is hereditary, we must first know the causes of pancreatic cancer. How is pancreatic cancer caused? It is transformed from normal cells. The division of cancer cells is like a "unbridled" wild horse that is difficult to control. When the number of cancer cells in human cells exceeds 1 million, some symptoms of cancer will occur. So how do normal cells mutate into cancer cells? For example, viruses, radiation, and chemicals act on the DNA in cells, causing changes in its structure or function, which leads to changes in metabolism. Changes in cell proliferation become cancer cells. DNA is the basic substance of heredity. Once DNA changes, it will be passed on to the next generation. In this sense, pancreatic cancer is related to heredity.