Beware! Once these three cancers are discovered, they are already in the middle and late stages! Do these 6 things to stay away from cancer cells

Mr. Feng, 61 years old, has been feeling dull pain and discomfort in his right upper abdomen recently. As he was usually busy, he delayed the examination for a while. When he went to the local hospital for examination, the CT scan results showed a huge shadow in the liver .

After learning the result, Mr. Feng was quite worried, thinking that there might be a misdiagnosis, so he went to the provincial hospital for another check-up.

After asking Mr. Feng about his basic condition, the doctor recommended that he undergo a hepatitis B two-pair-half test, liver function test, liver and gallbladder MR plain scan plus enhanced CT, alpha-fetoprotein and other tests. The results showed that Mr. Feng's alpha-fetoprotein was greater than 60,000, the tumor was huge, reaching 15 cm, and the tumor invaded major blood vessels. The initial diagnosis was primary massive liver cancer and portal vein cancer thrombus, but further detailed examination was still needed to see if there was any possibility of lung metastasis or bone metastasis.

After communicating with the patient and his family, we found that the patient had experienced abdominal pain symptoms half a year ago, but it was not serious. He went to the local hospital for treatment at that time. The pain was effectively controlled after infusion. Therefore, the patient and his family did not take it seriously and only thought it was simple cholecystitis. They did not conduct a detailed examination. The patient was also unaware of his history of hepatitis B, which delayed the disease.

When the doctor told Mr. Feng that if the disease had been discovered six months ago and treated in time, he and his family might have been cured, they regretted it deeply.

Fortunately, the tumor only exists in the liver and has not yet metastasized to distant places . After actively adopting interventional + targeted + immunotherapy, Mr. Feng's condition has been brought under control and the tumor activity has also decreased significantly.

Doctors remind: When you experience symptoms of discomfort in your daily life, you should go to the hospital in time to identify the specific cause and receive targeted treatment. Do not delay treatment because of self-righteousness and miss the best time for treatment.

Especially the terrible liver cancer, lung cancer, and pancreatic cancer, because once these cancers are discovered, they are often in the middle or late stages.

01Liver Cancer

Liver cancer is the most common malignant tumor and is extremely malignant.

In the early stages of liver cancer, most lesions are relatively small and do not cause obvious symptoms to patients. Even if there are symptoms, they are only non-specific symptoms such as abdominal distension, indigestion, fatigue, and loss of appetite. These symptoms can easily be confused with common stomach problems, overwork, staying up late, etc., and are unlikely to attract the attention of patients. Therefore, it is usually difficult for patients with early liver cancer to seek medical treatment due to liver cancer-related symptoms.

As the tumor grows larger, when it compresses the liver capsule and causes pain, and compresses the bile duct and causes an increase in the jaundice index, it is detected that the tumor has invaded and has entered the late stage.

Liver cancer cells grow relatively quickly, and their natural course does not exceed half a year. This means that if patients are not treated, most will die within half a year.

Currently, the main method of liver cancer screening is liver color ultrasound, combined with blood alpha-fetoprotein testing . It is recommended that people at high risk of liver cancer and patients with underlying liver disease should have regular check-ups, preferably once every six months, to detect tumors as early as possible and provide early treatment.

Clinically, it has been found that if the liver is left with only 30% of its volume, the human body can still maintain normal life, so early detection is crucial for liver cancer patients.

Liver cancer is likely to affect five types of people

1. Patients infected with hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus . Studies have found that about 90% of liver cancer patients have been infected with hepatitis B virus or have a history of long-term chronic liver disease.

2. For patients with cirrhosis , the next step of cirrhosis is often liver cancer, especially for patients who have been diagnosed with cirrhosis.

3. If there is a history of liver cancer in the family , there will be a "family clustering phenomenon" of liver cancer.

4. People who drink excessively or are long-term alcoholics are prone to "alcoholic liver disease", which may gradually transform into liver cancer.

5. People over 40 years old . The peak age for liver cancer is after 40 years old, which is men over 40 years old and women over 50 years old. The incidence rate of men is higher than that of women.

02Lung cancer

Lung cancer generally has no obvious symptoms in the early stages, and when it reaches the middle and late stages, the symptoms that begin to appear are mostly non-specific symptoms such as cough, chest pain, and chest tightness.

If patients do not pay attention to the danger signals sent by their bodies, do not care about the related disease risks, and wait until obvious symptoms appear before seeking medical treatment, then by the time it is discovered, it is basically in the middle or late stages of cancer.

Moreover, lung cancer develops rapidly and can metastasize to distant sites within a short period of time.

Some pathological types of lung cancer, such as small cell lung cancer, progress very rapidly and often metastasize to distant sites at a very early stage, so by the time patients discover abnormal signals in their bodies, the disease has already reached the late stage.

It is worth noting that once chest pain occurs, it indicates that lung cancer has spread to the pleura and metastasized to the pleura. Any type of lung cancer, as long as it spreads to the pleura, is in the late stage.

If you want to detect early lung cancer, you can only do so through routine physical examinations and annual low-dose spiral CT scans.

Lung cancer is likely to affect 6 types of people

1. Long-term smokers. Studies have found that the incidence of lung cancer in patients who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day, have smoked for more than 20 years, and have a history of heavy smoking is more than 4 times that of normal people .

2. Patients with chronic lung diseases , such as tuberculosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc., have a much higher chance of developing lung cancer than normal people.

3. People who are exposed to smoke or fumes for a long time have a higher incidence of lung cancer than the general population.

4. People who are exposed to radiation for a long time , such as inorganic arsenic, asbestos, chromium, nickel, etc., have a higher risk of lung cancer.

5. Those who have suffered from malignant tumors or have a family history of lung cancer .

6. For middle-aged and elderly people over 40 years old , it is recommended to undergo low-dose spiral CT examination.

03Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is known as the "king of cancer". It is a malignant tumor that occurs on the pancreas. It is highly malignant, difficult to diagnose and treat, and has an extremely poor prognosis. The 5-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer in China is only 7.2% .

If surgical treatment is not possible, the time from discovery to death may be only about half a year, and the shortest may be only about three months.

Because the pancreas is located in a hidden physiological position deep in the abdominal cavity and is not rich in nerves, once pancreatic cancer is contracted, if the tumor is small, it is difficult to detect it through ordinary B-ultrasound examination.

Moreover, some symptoms of pancreatic cancer in the early stages of the disease are similar to those of stomach discomfort, so they are easily ignored by patients , thus delaying treatment.

When patients show obvious symptoms, most have already entered the middle and late stages of the disease and have lost the chance of radical surgery. They can only undergo chemotherapy, targeted therapy, etc.

Pancreatic cancer is likely to affect 6 types of people

1. Middle-aged and elderly people over 40 years old . The vascular elasticity of middle-aged and elderly people deteriorates and vascular sclerosis leads to ischemia of pancreatic tissue, which in turn leads to hyperplasia of the pancreatic duct epithelium and increases the risk of pancreatic cancer.

2. Patients with chronic pancreatitis . Pancreatitis is a major risk factor for pancreatic cancer, and pancreatitis can be acute or chronic. Acute pancreatitis can easily develop into chronic pancreatitis over time, and if the inflammation is not treated for a long time, it can easily deteriorate into pancreatic cancer.

3. Diabetic patients : Patients with a history of diabetes for more than 10 years have a 50% increased risk of developing the disease.

4. Overweight and obese people . Pancreatic cancer is also known as the cancer of the rich. The incidence rate of overweight and obese people can increase by 45%.

5. People who eat high-fat and high-protein foods . If you eat high-fat, high-protein, high-cholesterol foods for a long time, these foods will easily turn into epoxides in the body, thus inducing pancreatic cancer.

6. Those with a family history of pancreatic cancer.

Do 6 things right to stay away from cancer cells

1. Regular physical examination

Regular physical examinations can effectively prevent cancer, especially for those with a family history of cancer or tumor-related precancerous lesions. They should be especially vigilant and screen key organs to promptly detect precancerous lesions or early cancers and seek treatment as early as possible.

Physical examinations can detect malignant tumors at least 6-12 months in advance . For example, regular gastroscopy and esophagoscopy can detect gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.

2. Quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption

Smoking is a recognized carcinogenic factor in the world , and it has an additive relationship with the age at which smoking begins, the number of years of smoking, and the number of cigarettes smoked per day.

According to statistics, the incidence of tumors in smokers is 7 to 11 times higher than that in non-smokers, and 85% of lung cancer is caused by smoking.

Frequent alcohol abuse will also increase the risk of cancer. It is recommended that adult men drink no more than 25 grams of alcohol a day, which is equivalent to 750 ml of beer, and adult women drink no more than 15 grams of alcohol a day, which is equivalent to 450 ml of beer.

3. Keep exercising

Increasing physical exercise can make your immunity stronger, and the same is true for disease prevention. Many cancer patients just don’t like to exercise and lack time for exercise due to their busy work.

Sitting for a long time leads to a decline in body functions and the vitality of cells is no longer the same as before. Over time, diseases can easily invade the human body and eventually develop into cancer.

Studies have shown that people who engage in at least 30 to 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day have a reduced risk of cancer.

4. Good attitude

Negative emotions can affect the body's immune ability, making the immune system unable to effectively identify and kill cancer cells, thus leading to the occurrence of cancer.

Some people believe that " depression catalyzes tumors ." For example, female patients with severe depression are more likely to develop breast cancer and have a worse prognosis after developing cancer.

5. Regular physical examinations

Eat a light diet with only meat and vegetables , eat more vegetables, fruits and soy products, and eat less pickled, moldy, grilled and other foods.

Reduce highly processed foods and increase the proportion of whole grains , such as whole wheat bread, brown rice, etc. in your diet.

Reduce the intake of processed meats , such as bacon, sausage, luncheon meat, etc., and choose fish and poultry as the main source of protein .

At the same time, you should also reduce the consumption of sugary drinks , sports drinks and fruit drinks.

6. Regular work and rest schedule

The International Agency for Research on Cancer said that staying up late puts people at a higher risk of cancer, and there is a link between irregular sleep schedules and a higher risk of cancer.

A large number of studies have found that staying up late can disrupt sleep patterns and biological clocks, destroy the cell biological clock rhythm, and easily cause a variety of chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and even induce cancer.

Therefore, maintaining a regular schedule and a normal circadian rhythm is one of the key habits for preventing cancer.