Is esophageal cancer hereditary?

Everyone has heard of tumor diseases. Tumor diseases can be divided into different types of diseases according to the patient's condition. Esophageal cancer is a tumor disease that occurs in the esophagus. And the harm is relatively large. Therefore, it is recommended that you need to discover and treat it early. There are many causes of esophageal cancer in daily life. Therefore, patients are very concerned about whether esophageal cancer is hereditary. Let's learn about it together:

Experts point out that from the medical history of esophageal cancer, esophageal cancer does have a more obvious family clustering phenomenon, that is, the occurrence of esophageal cancer is indeed related to genetic factors, but its heredity is not manifested in the cancer itself, but only in the tendency to develop tumors (or susceptibility). On this basis, through the action of carcinogenic factors in the acquired environment, tumors are formed through a complex carcinogenesis process.
The heredity of esophageal cancer is only one possible factor in its occurrence. Long-term eating habits and preferences are the main causes of its occurrence. People in the same family have great similarities in 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 carefully.
It is reported that genetics accounts for a certain proportion of esophageal cancer, and there is a certain family clustering among the people suffering from esophageal cancer. For example, people from high-incidence areas migrate to low-incidence areas, but the incidence rate of this group of people is still high compared with the local population. This proves that genetics accounts for a certain proportion.