Is pancreatic cancer hereditary?

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:

The research scope of genetics includes three aspects: the nature of genetic material, the transmission of genetic material, and the realization of genetic information. Therefore, heredity is the transmission of information through material. The realization of genetic information means that even the genetic information passed from the previous generation to the next generation needs to be realized to be effective. So is pancreatic cancer hereditary? Pancreatic cancer has a certain degree of heritability, but not all of it is inherited. Moreover, whether the information of pancreatic cancer passed down from the previous generation can be realized in this generation depends on whether this generation has contributed to the onset of pancreatic cancer. In other words, whether this generation can completely inherit the disease is still an unknown. Therefore, patients do not need to worry too much. Correct treatment is the key.

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 the cells, causing changes in its structure or function, which in turn leads to changes in metabolism and cell proliferation, and then 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.