Is esophageal cancer hereditary or passed down from generation to generation?

Is esophageal cancer hereditary or can it be passed down from generation to generation? We know that esophageal cancer is a malignant tumor disease. Some patients are worried that they will pass the disease on to their children. So is esophageal cancer hereditary? Regarding this question, cancer experts from the Oncology Hospital will give you a detailed introduction on whether esophageal cancer is hereditary.

To understand whether esophageal cancer is hereditary, we must first know the causes of esophageal cancer. How is esophageal cancer caused? It is transformed from normal cells. The division of cancer cells is like a wild horse that is "unbridled" and difficult to control. When the number of cancer cells in human cells exceeds 1 million, some symptoms of cancer will occur.
Is esophageal cancer hereditary? 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, which then become cancer cells. So, since esophageal cancer is related to heredity, can we conclude that the next generation of esophageal cancer patients will all develop cancer? The answer is no. Why? Because human cells are divided into two categories: somatic cells and germ cells, such as muscle cells, bone cells, and nerve cells. There is no direct connection between the previous generation and the next generation. Only germ cells - sperm and egg cells - are the cells that communicate genetic information between parents and children.