my friend's mom died of esophageal cancer. she died 2 months after she was diagnosed. she wasnt a smoker/drinker. my friend said that there are more women in her family that had it. and her doctor told her it was highly hereditary

i looked it up on the computer and found out that black ppl are more likely to get it than white people (her family is white) and men get it more than women (women in her family had it) and it said that it wasnt known if it was hereditary. she has an aunt on her DADs side that was just diagnosed with it yesterday.

she is worried she will have it. any information i could share with her?

My dad passed away about a month ago from esophageal cancer so I feel for her. He lived for 18 months after he was diagnosed. Its a horrible thing to see a person go through.THis is sometihng that I have been wondering about also. I'm sorry I dont have any answers for you. Good luck!

She should go to her gastroenterologist and have an upper endoscopy where they will check out her esphagus.

They can check for possible reflux (sometimes it happens when you don't realize it at night)

That was the case with me and now I have Barrett's Esophagus... a precursor to Esaphageal cancer.

Your note makes me worried that they didn't diagnose it until 2 months before she died.

Good Luck