Physical examination found that the tumor marker was high, did you have cancer?

At present, many physical examination centers take tumor markers as one of the physical examination items, and most people understand that taking a blood can find out the hidden tumors in the body. As a doctor, I often encounter people who consult with the test report and point to a slightly higher tumor marker to ask [does it matter? Is it true that you have cancer? ] The meaning of tumor markers cannot be clearly explained in a word or two. As far as the current medical level is concerned, they are far from reaching the level of [sharp weapon] for early detection of tumors. What is a tumor marker? Perhaps you will also see a long list of incomprehensible Read More …

This habit of eating for many people may induce cancer.

One of the most common words I hear from my mother is: Eat while it is hot, don’t wait for the food to get cold! I think there are many people who, like me, listen to my mother honestly and have to eat seriously [while hot] for so many years. However, eating food regularly [while hot] may induce esophageal cancer! For the Chinese, esophageal cancer is not far away. China is a country with high incidence of esophageal cancer. Every year, more than 400,000 new cases of esophageal cancer occur in the world, about 63% of which occur in China. Every year, about 150,000 people in our country die of esophageal cancer, accounting for almost a quarter of the deaths Read More …

Can ketogenic therapy [starve] cancer cells?

Cancer is the hardest hit area where all kinds of medical scams are rampant. With the popularization of medical science knowledge, the living space of scams is getting smaller and smaller, but it is also getting better and better. One of the characteristics is scams that are covered with science and based on some feasible principles, of which hunger therapy/ketogenic therapy is an example. What is ketogenic therapy? Ketogenic therapy, also known as [hunger therapy], is a therapy that uses a special diet to attempt to [starve] cancer cells. Is what a [special] diet? It is a high-fat, medium or low-protein, low or sugar-free diet. A commonly seen ketogenic therapy includes 90% lipid intake, 8% protein intake and 2% sugar Read More …

Oh, my God! These [carcinogens] are all around us

It is an indisputable fact that more and more people are suffering from cancer. The World Cancer Report 2014 published by the International Agency for Cancer Research shows that in 2012, the number of new cancer cases worldwide reached more than 14 million and is expected to reach the level of 22 million cases per year in the next 20 years. The consensus of the medical profession on cancer is that prevention is more significant than treatment. To realize cancer prevention, finding carcinogens is an important link. What is a carcinogen? Carcinogens, as the name implies, are substances that can induce cancer in people. Carcinogens in a broad sense should be called carcinogenic factors, including any chemical, physical and biological Read More …

Why do so many people believe that folk prescription can cure cancer?

My friend’s father was diagnosed with [gastric cancer] and was already in advanced stage. He was receiving chemotherapy in the hospital. My friend was very sad to see his father who was sick, vomiting and getting thinner due to chemotherapy. What made him more sad was that the hospital clearly told him that the disease could not be cured. He also looked longingly at my friend who studied medicine, but still could not get the desired answer. Recently, my friend called me and swept away my depressed mood and was extremely excited: I have good news for you! My father didn’t have to go to chemotherapy any more. I got an ancestral secret recipe to cure cancer. It is very Read More …

Why is cancer difficult to cure?

As a cancer researcher, I tried to answer why cancer is refractory from a genetic point of view. One of the big reasons why cancer is refractory is its genetic heterogeneity. In cancer, it refers to: the same cancer may be caused by different mutations. There are many literatures in this field, and I try to speak in very common language. We can think of cancer as a very large army, in which every soldier is equivalent to a cancer cell. So how big is this army? When we can see it in the hospital, it has reached the order of 10 9 (that is, 1 billion). Difficulty 1. Cancer [Base Camp] Various Arms Now the question arises, are the Read More …

Is anticancer food a health savior or a marketing hype?

It is no exaggeration to say that the world is entering an era of rampant cancer. According to the “Global Cancer Facts and Data” published by the American Cancer Society, 12.7 million new cancers occurred worldwide in 2008, and it is estimated that a total of 7.6 million people died of cancer that year (which is equivalent to 21,000 people being killed by cancer demons every day). By 2030, 21.4 million people worldwide will suffer from cancer and the number of deaths from cancer will reach 13.3 million. In China, cancer has also become the leading cause of death for urban and rural residents in our country. This background is giving birth to a market in full swing that is Read More …

Can cancer be transmitted from person to person?

Is cancer contagious? This is a seemingly simple but not so simple problem. There are two kinds of so-called cancer infection: first, cancer cells themselves spread from one patient to another; The second is the infection of viruses or bacteria that cause cancer. So are both types of cancer infection real? Can cancer cells themselves be contagious? This kind of worry is not new at all, In eighteenth-century Europe, Many people worry that cancer will be contagious. Dutch doctors Zacutus Lusitani and Nicholas Tulp followed the popular trend and put forward the theory that cancer is an infectious disease. Although there is little scientific evidence to support it, it has won the support of many already panicked people. Public opinion Read More …

How to see through the scam of cancer treatment?

In the traditional concept, advanced cancer means that only surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy can be given up, because any treatment is ineffective. This is not only the traditional view of the public, but also some medical practitioners have similar views. For example, a scholar argued in an article [1] that [cancer cells cannot be killed], [In the middle and late stages, You treat cancer cells, To kill the cancer cells, This idea is wrong], [Treatment for advanced cancer does not need to be done, Because it is useless], he recommended patients with advanced cancer to accept the [autologous blood activation therapy] invented by him and boasted to his patients that the therapy [100% kills cancer cells]. In addition, he also Read More …