National cancer center： middle-aged and elderly men are wary of early intervention to cure esophageal cancer, and the survival rate is high.

　　　　　　 Cctv newsAccording to the latest statistics of the National Cancer Center, the first malignant tumor death in China is lung cancer, with about 626,000 deaths per year, followed by liver cancer, stomach cancer and esophageal cancer. Esophageal cancer ranks the fourth among the causes of death of malignant tumors in China. China is one of the regions with high incidence of esophageal cancer in the world. The onset age is mostly over 40 years old, mainly male.

　　　　　　 Statistics show that esophageal cancer ranks fourth among the causes of death of malignant tumors in China. There are 572,000 cases of esophageal cancer and 508,000 deaths worldwide every year. There are 307,000 cases of esophageal cancer and 283,000 deaths in China every year. The incidence and death of esophageal cancer in China account for about half of the world.

　　　　　　 He Jie, Dean of Cancer Hospital of China Academy of Medical Sciences, said that the typical symptoms of esophageal cancer are progressive dysphagia. First, it is difficult to swallow dry food, then semi-liquid food, and finally water and saliva can’t be swallowed. Its throat discomfort is mainly dryness, itching and burning sensation.

　　　　　　 Patients with high genetic risk of esophageal cancer have regular gastroscopy.

　　　　　　 Experts emphasize that esophageal cancer has certain heredity. The incidence of esophageal cancer often shows the phenomenon of familial aggregation, and many people with paternal positive family history, middle-aged and elderly people, patients with chronic esophagitis, people with family history of esophageal cancer, long-term bad eating habits, frequent smoking and drinking, and people who often eat pickled and smoked food are all high-risk groups of esophageal cancer.

　　　　　　 He Jie said that high-risk groups should have regular gastroscopy, usually once a year.

　　　　　　 Early intervention of esophageal cancer has high cure rate and survival rate.

　　　　　　 Experts point out that the cure rate and survival rate of esophageal cancer are quite high in early intervention treatment. At present, iodine staining of gastroscope is the standard scheme for screening and early diagnosis of esophageal cancer. Early esophageal cancer can survive for a long time and have a high quality of life after endoscopic resection. In life, everyone should pay attention to not eating hot food, eating less pickled food, moldy food and other foods with high nitrite content, not drinking spirits, quitting smoking and so on.