Risk of rebirth and heredity in oncourology: the doctor explained what to pay attention to

Can oncourological diseases be transmitted in the family by inheritance and when internal or external neoplasms can carry risk, Vladimir Sirenko, the chief doctor of the 4th city clinical hospital of Minsk named after N. E. Savchenko, explained on the air of the talk show “PRO HEALTH” on the YouTube channel “SEE AND LIVE”. It's from sb.by. Do benign formations always degenerate into malignant ones in urology? In urology, neoplasms are conditionally divided into groups. To benign include a kidney cyst. It can be congenital and acquired. It should be observed twice a year using ultrasound diagnostics. The specialist pays attention to the growth, change in the thickness of the walls. The risk of rebirth exists, but it is rare. But, for example, polyps in the bladder - in 99% of cases, this is a malignant formation, and it is worth paying attention to. Polyps are always a risk area. Separately stand skin benign formations - those that appear on the skin of the external genital organs. These can be ordinary papillomas, moles that do not carry risk, they should just be observed, the doctor explained.

Screenshot of the video Are oncourological diseases inherited? There are cancers that are genetically determined, that is, can be inherited. To them in oncourology should include prostate cancer (prostate gland). As part of the medical examination, men who had previously been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the family on the male line fall into the group of enhanced surveillance. That is, starting from the age of 40, you need to be tested for PSA twice a year to diagnose the disease in time. But this does not apply to bladder cancer or kidney cancer, the urologist said. By the way, in families where a woman has gynecological oncological diseases on the female line, and men have no history of cancer, the risk of urological oncology in boys increases, because at conception, a man and a woman transmit genetic material. Genetic chromosomal defects can be inherited. This is a reason for more careful monitoring of health.

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