Esophageal cancer takes years to develop.

The formation of esophageal cancer exactly how long? There is no clear answer, because some esophageal cancer malignant degree is relatively high, that is, long relatively fast, may be three or five years to form esophageal masses. And some elderly due to slow metabolism, tumor long relatively slow, that is, the cell cycle is relatively long, may take a longer time to form, about 10 years or 15 years. In this long time, to prevent, check, treatment provides an opportunity. Therefore, esophageal cancer has such a long time to form, when the patient shows that there is a certain sense of obstruction in eating, or when there is a family history of high-risk groups, regular gastroscopy should be done, as well as early detection of esophageal cancer, early treatment, this will get obvious results.