In the minds of ordinary people, the tumor is crumbling, causing people to feel fear and despair, but I would like to tell the readers that advances in technology and scientists' efforts have made the tumor a lot of nemesis.
Take liver cancer as an example, there are about 854,000 new cases of liver cancer annually in China, 466,000 in China, accounting for about half of the world's total. There are 810,000 cases of liver cancer death each year in the world and 422,000 cases in China. In addition, many patients with basic liver disease, such as hepatitis B, cirrhosis, can only do about 15% of surgery, and the remaining to take conservative treatment, such as arterial perfusion therapy, ablation, etc. In the past, from the diagnosis Can not surgery to death, the average survival time of liver cancer is only 3 to 4 months, and now live two or three years abound, the longest has been living with tumor for 12 years.
Mention cancer treatment, people always think of chemotherapy to make a hair grabbed a picture.Many patients fear chemotherapy, the blind pursuit of new therapies.Cisplatin, mitomycin and other traditional chemotherapy drugs inefficient and toxic, such as weeding In addition to the rice together, but now, some chemotherapeutic drugs have a certain degree of targeting, side effects smaller.For example, the new paclitaxel liposomes in lung cancer, lymph node tissue concentration higher lung cancer and lymphatic metastasis of cancer Better efficacy, muscle aches and other adverse reactions decreased.
In recent years, molecular targeted therapy, immunotherapy and other rapid development.targeting is targeted, for tumor development, metastasis and dissemination of the key elements in the throat to set the roadblocks, blocking the enemy.First, the target for liver cancer Objectively effective rate of 2% to 3%, but the stability rate of 35%, that is, more than 1/3 of the patients to maintain stable condition. Immunotherapy was proposed since 1890. Vividly, the tumor cells are very smart, wear Mask, the immune system is difficult to identify the enemy by antibodies to its disguise stripped, you can identify and eliminate, but over the years, only a small number of drugs such as interferon, interleukin really effective, traditional Chinese medicine astragalus, ginseng also immunomodulatory effect. The immunotherapy has undergone major changes since 2015. The United States approved the PD-1 monoclonal antibody in September this year, and its treatment efficiency has risen to 20%, a tenfold increase over the past 2%.
However, this does not mean that chemotherapy is useless.Immunotherapy usually takes 3 months to take effect, and some patients develop rapidly, can not wait for 'reinforcements' died.Now often take combination therapy, chemotherapy will be the tumor momentum Suppress and gain time for follow-up treatment.Chemotherapy can also destroy the structure of tumor cells, expose the antigen, turn the 'cold tumor' into a 'hot tumor', and the antibody can be identified more quickly, with an initial estimate of 40% efficiency.
Finally, I would like to give you a few advice.First, a good lifestyle and attitude is very important.For liver cancer, I would like to emphasize two points.One is do not drink.Hepatocarcinoma incidence of male to female ratio of about 6: 1, the reason One is that men prefer to drink alcohol .He had a history of liver disease is best not to even beer .Two is a reasonable diet, away from fatty liver .Someone jokingly said: 'Chinese people for thousands of years are grazing, and now learn Europeans Pick up the knife and fork, the gene does not meet the knife and fork is used to cut the meat, the Chinese diet from vegetables, radish-based meatless, bring the burden on the liver Fat liver caused by liver cancer in the United States account for 1/3, China accounts for less than 5%, but this proportion will gradually increase.
Second, regular physical examination .Tumors in general are still middle-aged and elderly diseases .For example, the average age of liver cancer onset is 56 to 58. Recommended annual physical examination.Hepatitis B virus carriers, men 40 years old, women 45 years of age regularly check liver function .
Third, pay attention to primary prevention. For example, liver cancer has a 'seven-word policy' - water and mildew vaccine. Rural people do not drink ditch water, which is rich in phosphorus, nitrogen, and algae toxins released. Drink tap water and purified water. Mildew is not eating moldy food, away from aflatoxin vaccination for children with hepatitis B infection rate dropped significantly, it is estimated that the incidence of liver cancer will be reduced after 15 years.
Fourth, got the tumor to the regular hospital for treatment, such as early and mid-term liver cancer can be cured for more than 50%, advanced liver cancer can be achieved with tumor survival .But the community goes word: 'to make a fortune, to cancer.' Many patients were remedies And non-standard treatment toss mess, and then by us to clean up the mess, but also hard to make anymore, sad.
