Tag: Oncology

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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 …

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What professions are people most vulnerable to tumors?

The occurrence of cancer is not only related to gene changes in vivo, but also closely related to our environment. If a person is in an environment prone to cancer lesions for a long time, the risk of cancer will increase. Therefore, we call cancer caused by long-term exposure to carcinogens in the labor process or working environment [occupational cancer]. It should be noted that the occupational cancer mentioned here is observed by medical researchers in experiments or clinically, and is slightly different from the [occupational tumor] mentioned in the current Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law. So, which occupations increase the risk of cancer? These occupations have a high risk of cancer. Firefighters, Traffic Police, Miners and Asbestos Workers-Susceptible Read More …

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Doctor-patient Story: The Baldheaded Lymphoma Girl Keeping a Diary

In September 2014, I rotated the oncology department and was deeply impressed by a patient. In the patient’s own words, she is a [exotic] patient and a [exotic] case. When I took over, it was also the worst time for her illness. She was skinny and bald, and sometimes she smiled and showed two [bright] tiger teeth. Due to the continuous fever for nearly a month, her skin and sclera were yellow, and her pale face was sallow, like a haggard mud doll. If it weren’t for the pain, she would certainly still be a very beautiful girl. After all, she is only 23 years old and a newly graduated college student. Confirmed in February 2014, her life no longer Read More …

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Clinical trial, am I a mouse?

In the publicity column of large hospitals, I sometimes see such recruitment advertisements, < < so-and-so clinical trials recruit volunteers > >. Some patients are eager to try after seeing them, but more patients are deterred after seeing them. What leads to the deterrence is such a question: [clinical trials], do you take me as a mouse? According to the global clinical trial progress report of the Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR), from 2000 to 2006, the number of subjects participating in global clinical trials accounted for 41% in the United States, while the proportion in China was less than 1%. The data gap between China and the United States brings us such a thinking. Is China’s clinical trials really a Read More …

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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 …

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Obesity is actually the primary cause of cancer. Don’t you control your weight?

Some studious people may think of the 114 carcinogens defined by the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) under the WHO, but for a specific type of cancer, it is difficult to trace the cause. For example, pancreatic cancer is hard to say whether it is caused by what? From a macro perspective, genetic factors account for only 5% and environmental factors account for 95%. [2] Among them, diet and obesity (30%-35%) account for the largest proportion. In addition, smoking accounts for 25-30%, inflammation accounts for 15-20%, sexual factors account for about 7%, alcohol and radiation, etc. Can diet and obesity really cause cancer? When you think of cancer patients, most people think of skinny patients lying in hospital beds. Read More …

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Truth: Cancer is the death penalty? Can you live longer without eating [hair] and treatment?

In the eyes of the general public, [cancer] has become the most terrible word among all diseases: hypertension and heart disease can be controlled by taking medicine, diabetes and insulin are no problem at all, but how can this cancer not be cured? Therefore, cancer has also become the hardest hit area for rumors. Both health experts and charlatans have some tricks [this can cure cancer]. Let’s take a look at these enduring rumors about cancer. Rumor 1: If you have cancer, you must be sentenced to death. How long can you live with cancer? This is directly related to the type of cancer and the time of discovery. If it is liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer and esophageal Read More …

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The tumor marker is high, may it be a tumor?

A friend came to ask: [The unit organizes physical examination. The three tumor markers CEA, AFP and CA-125 are optional. It is said that cancer can be checked, but it is a little expensive. Do I want to choose? ] Do you want to be a tumor marker? It must be more than one person who is confused. First of all, let’s talk about the conclusion: if your relatives and family members do not have relevant tumor history, they do not have bad habits (such as smoking) and related chronic diseases (such as hepatitis), and they are still young (less than 40 years old), there is not much need to do tumor marker screening during physical examination. Because, it is Read More …

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Exercise may kill cancer cells and prevent cancer. Why don’t you move quickly?

Friends who often pay attention to health headlines will know that we often recommend sports. There are too many benefits of exercise. It can promote muscle and bone growth, improve blood circulation, improve physical adaptability, relieve tension psychologically, stretch body and mind, and cultivate sentiment. But do you believe it or not that exercise can kill tumors? Exercise: Tumor Nemesis? Some foreign researchers have published research in authoritative academic journals. The result is that in mice, exercise can directly reduce tumors. Mice that persist in exercise have stronger immune systems than mice that do not love exercise. Tumor cells have always been produced in the human body. Why not all people have tumors? It is precisely because the human body Read More …

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Want to prevent cancer? Do it first!

Since reaching middle age, life has gradually become regular and stable, and children have reached an age when they do not need to bother to discipline them. It is inevitable that people will gradually become [lazy]. This [laziness] does not matter. More importantly, it is easy to get fat and their weight will rise. Although everyone has a love of beauty, it is also the norm to gain weight in middle age. On the contrary, many people will feel that they are not good-looking and easy to get sick when they get older and lose weight. However, Dr. Clove reminds you that this gain will not only increase the risk of cancer, but also increase the risk of cancer. Don’t Read More …