Does laryngeal cancer run in the family?

The impact of cancer on the human body is very deadly. Generally speaking, cancer brings extremely intense pain, and the treatment process will cause secondary damage to the body. Therefore, getting cancer is very frightening. Laryngeal cancer is one of the more serious types. It is usually discovered in the late stage and is very difficult to treat. Let’s take a look at whether laryngeal cancer is hereditary? I hope everyone can understand it.

Basically all cancers have genetic factors. Moreover, the probability of genetic factors in the incidence of cancer is relatively high. Therefore, families with cancer patients must pay great attention to this. You must pay attention to the details in life. Drink less alcohol, eat less pickled food, and don't smoke. Have regular physical examinations.

The laryngeal cancer we usually talk about has a certain familial clustering due to some environmental influences, but it is not hereditary. The occurrence of laryngeal cancer is related to long-term drinking and smoking, or the consumption of some toxic and harmful substances.

Genetic factors for laryngeal cancer

Before the 1980s, the understanding of the causes of tumors focused on environmental factors. Over the past 20 years, with the progress of molecular biology research, it has gradually been revealed that most tumors are the result of the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Laryngeal cancer is one of the common malignant tumors in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, accounting for 8% to 35% of otolaryngology malignant tumors. Although its exact cause is not yet fully understood, preliminary studies have confirmed that the occurrence of laryngeal cancer is related to chromosomal aberrations, oncogene activation, and inactivation of tumor suppressor genes. Due to the abnormality of gene regulatory signals, the cell growth regulation mechanism is disordered, resulting in cell malignancy. The research results of laryngeal cancer related genes are of great help in understanding the occurrence, development and prognosis of tumors, and therefore have become a hot topic in laryngeal cancer research.

In addition, people who are likely to develop cancer do not necessarily get cancer, they just have a greater chance of getting cancer than ordinary people. The Cancer Hospital believes that the occurrence of cancer is determined by internal and external factors. A person with cancer constitution only has certain internal factors. Cancer will only occur if it is combined with external carcinogenic factors, such as radiation, smoking, etc.