What causes esophageal cancer

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Uncle is usually in good health, but he couldn't eat a meal some time ago. He always had pain in his stomach and chest. Later, he had to go to the hospital for an examination. The doctor said it was esophageal cancer, and he didn't know how to get it. Now let's find out what causes esophageal cancer.

What causes esophageal cancer

First, esophageal cancer, like other malignant tumors, although it has the background of gene changes, involves the complex process of multi factor, multi-stage, multi gene variation accumulation and interaction, and involves the changes of many proto oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes and proteins at the molecular level. However, long-term bad living or eating habits may be the main culprit of esophageal cancer.

Second: at present, the risk factors for esophageal cancer are: eating foods containing nitrosamines (love pickled sauerkraut) or mildew food, and eating hot food for a long time (such as high incidence rate of esophageal cancer in Chaozhou and Shantou province) and chronic drinking of Kung Fu tea. China is a high incidence area of esophageal cancer, ranking the fourth in cancer death. What reason is esophagus cancer caused, suggest to go to regular hospital to check see a doctor.

Third: esophageal cancer is a common digestive tract tumor, about 300000 people die of esophageal cancer every year in the world. The incidence rate and mortality rate vary widely among countries. China is one of the high incidence areas of esophageal cancer in the world, with an average mortality of about 150000 people every year. Male is more than female, the age of onset is more than 40 years old. The typical symptom of esophageal cancer is progressive dysphagia, first difficult to swallow dry food, then semi liquid food, and finally water and saliva.

matters needing attention

The cause of esophageal cancer is not easy to determine, everyone's condition and physical condition are different, but for the treatment of esophageal cancer must be carried out in time, general cancer in the early treatment effect is the best, so the earlier to find the disease, the better for treatment.