Will primary liver cancer be hereditary?

Will primary liver cancer be hereditary? The mortality rate of liver cancer is second only to stomach cancer and esophageal cancer. It ranks third among all malignant tumors. The research on liver cancer in my country is currently at the world's leading level. Based on the results of the causes of liver cancer such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, aflatoxin, alcoholism, and drinking water pollution, researchers have proposed a new cause of liver cancer, which is the deficiency of three trace elements: selenium, manganese, and molybdenum.

Will primary liver cancer be inherited? Ninety percent of the causes of cancer are exogenous, and heredity accounts for a very small proportion of the causes of tumors. Except for colon cancer that evolved from multiple polyposis coli and skin cancer that evolved from xeroderma pigmentosum, other cancers are generally considered to have no clear relationship with genetic factors. Although liver cancer is not inherited, it has a certain tendency to cluster in families. Members of a family that has had a liver cancer patient should be alert to the disease. People should pay attention to the family history of liver cancer, especially if their ancestors had liver cancer, and pay special attention to their own health. Those with a family history of liver cancer have a 10 times higher chance of getting liver cancer in the future than those without a family history of liver cancer.

The main causes of liver cancer:

1. About 1/3 of liver cancer patients have a history of chronic hepatitis, and the positive rate of Australia anti-(HbsAg) is significantly higher than that in low-incidence areas. It has been found that hepatitis C virus infection, like hepatitis B infection, is closely related to the incidence of liver cancer. Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus are definitely one of the cancer-promoting factors.

2. About 50 to 90 percent of liver cancer patients have cirrhosis. In recent years, it has been found that the proportion of hepatitis C developing into cirrhosis is no less than that of hepatitis B.

3. Experiments have shown that aflatoxin B1, a metabolite of aflatoxin, has a strong carcinogenic effect and exists in moldy corn, peanuts and other foods. In areas where food is seriously contaminated by aflatoxin B1, the incidence of liver cancer is also high. Nitrosamines, azo mustards, alcohol, organochlorine pesticides, etc. are all suspected carcinogens.

4. Some drinking water is often polluted by polychlorinated biphenyls, chloroform, etc. In recent years, it has been found that blue-green algae growing in ponds are strong carcinogenic plants that can pollute water sources. Parasitic diseases such as Clonorchis sinensis infection can stimulate bile duct epithelial hyperplasia and lead to primary bile duct cancer.

5. Long-term alcohol abuse is the number one killer of liver damage. This is because after alcohol enters the human body, it is mainly decomposed and metabolized in the liver. The toxicity of alcohol to liver cells causes liver cells to have obstacles in the decomposition and metabolism of fatty acids, causing fat deposition in the liver and resulting in fatty liver.

The above is the introduction to "Will primary liver cancer be hereditary?" I hope it can help everyone. Liver cancer patients should be careful to eat less hot, cold, spicy and irritating food to avoid irritating the gastric mucosa and causing bleeding. Eat small meals frequently to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with abdominal distension should not eat too salty food, and light taste is better. Different foods have different effects on the human body. The nature of food is hot and cold, and the human internal organs are yin and yang, and their natures are also different in hot and cold. Internal organs with hot and yang properties need to be regulated by cold foods to maintain their own yin and yang balance.