In the eyes of many people, cancer is almost equal to incurable diseases. But in fact, as long as early detection and treatment can prolong the life of patients as much as possible. Therefore, cancer screening is very necessary. Today, let’s talk about cancer screening and which cancers can be found as early as possible.
It is difficult to find cancer in ordinary physical examination.
I believe many people have a question, many people do routine physical examination every year, why is it that some people were already in advanced stage when they found cancer and did not find it earlier?
This is because the vast majority of cancers will not affect the physiological indexes of routine physical examination, such as blood routine, liver function, kidney function, etc.
Therefore, the main purpose of our annual routine physical examination is to evaluate the overall condition of our body and the function of our main organs. Common chronic diseases can also be diagnosed, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc.
Unfortunately, routine physical examination cannot help us find early lesions or clues of cancer.
Cancer screening is really important.
Cancer that is detected when symptoms are found often has advanced to the middle and late stages, and the risk is quite high.
However, there are no symptoms, but targeted cancer screening can often find the early lesions of cancer earlier and deal with them as early as possible, so the risk is much lower. If other malignant common tumors are found as early as possible, such as colon cancer, the 5-year survival rate can reach more than 90%. Early breast cancer can even reach 100%.
At the age of 40, I have to do these 6 tests.
Cancer occurs at all ages, but the age dependence is very large, 40 years old is a watershed. It is relatively rare before the age of 40, and the incidence of cancer increases exponentially after the age of 40. Therefore, for friends in the age of 40-50, the following 6 screening items are recommended.
1. Gastric cancer
For people with family history of gastric cancer, long-term bad eating habits and bad stomach, it is recommended to have a joint examination of Helicobacter pylori and pepsinogen, and judge whether gastroscopy is needed according to the examination.
2. Esophageal cancer
People with a family history of esophageal cancer and long-term bad eating habits can have an esophagoscopy or gastroscopy in areas with high incidence of esophageal cancer, and the frequency of subsequent examination can be judged according to the examination.
3. Liver cancer
There is a history of chronic liver diseases such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and a family history of long-term alcoholism, severe fatty liver and liver cancer. It is recommended to carry out abdominal ultrasound and serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) examination every six months or one year.
4. Colorectal cancer
Even without a family history of colorectal cancer or chronic inflammatory enteritis, It is also recommended that colonoscopy be performed at the age of 45 to screen for colorectal cancer. If there are no polyps or other lesions after the examination, it can be performed every 10 years. However, if a familial history of colorectal cancer is determined or related mutant genes are determined, colonoscopy should be performed once a year from the age of 20 or even earlier.
5. Breast cancer
Women over 40 years old and high-risk adult women with family history should have mammography or ultrasound examination once a year to find breast cancer in time.
6. Cervical cancer
Women also need to pay attention to cervical cancer screening.
The combined screening of TCT and HPV is recommended to all female friends from the age of 30. TCT and HPV tests can be performed every 5 years or TCT can be performed every 3 years to screen cervical cancer.
Screening can be stopped at the age of 65 until two consecutive TCT + HPV tests are ensured, or three TCT tests are normal.