Ten common misunderstandings in tumor/cancer prevention and treatment
2020-08-27
Today I will tell you about ten common mistakes in cancer prevention and treatment:
1. The tumor cannot be prevented or treated
This is "surrenderism" in cancer prevention and treatment. Tumors have been proven to be a type of disease that is greatly affected by the environment, and its occurrence is closely related to dietary structure, living habits, and environmental pollution. The two most important points to prevent malignant tumors are: non-smoking and reasonable diet.
As early as the early 1990s, the World Health Organization put forward three concepts of 1/3: 1/3 of cancers can be prevented, 1/3 of cancers can be treated if detected early, and 1/3 of cancers Can relieve pain and extend life. There is no need for cancer patients to panic all day long. Cancer is not far away from us, but only by being vigilant and able to face all diseases can we have a full and free life.
2. Cancer patients cannot return to society
This is "pessimism" in cancer prevention and treatment. Although the tumor will recur and metastasize, it is not a lifelong disease and can be recovered. Most patients with malignant tumors do not relapse for 5 years, which is equivalent to recovery. This is because if the tumor subclinical metastases have not been eliminated, after 5 years of proliferation, it should have reached the level of diagnosis. If no more cancer cells are found after 5 years, the patient can be considered cured.
3. Removal of the cancer is the cure. The side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are too great to be done
This is "blind optimism" in cancer prevention and treatment. Many patients and their families do not understand the metastatic and invasive characteristics of tumors, and think that surgical removal of the tumor is cured, which often delays the follow-up treatment of patients. Many patients and their families heard that radiotherapy and chemotherapy have serious side effects, and they are unwilling to receive treatment and allow their tumors to develop.
Although radiotherapy and chemotherapy can kill cancer cells while also damaging normal cells, for subclinical metastases that still exist in the body after surgery, only chemotherapy can kill them. In view of the various side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, there are currently many drugs that can prevent and alleviate. Moreover, most medical oncologists have mastered the techniques of preventing and dealing with the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
4. Go to some non-tumor specialist treatment
This is "liberalism" in cancer prevention and treatment. Tumor emphasizes scientific, reasonable, standardized and systematic comprehensive treatment, especially the first treatment often plays a decisive role. Many small hospitals do not have the conditions and equipment to carry out comprehensive treatment of tumors, but they also treat tumors due to economic interests; some medical staff of non-tumor specialists lack tumor diagnosis and treatment knowledge and clinical experience, and they also carry out radiotherapy and chemotherapy. An irregular operation or an unreasonably designed radiotherapy or chemotherapy regimen may result in tumor residue or drug resistance, which will bring great difficulties to the next treatment, and even lead to the failure of the entire treatment.
5. Believe in "Ancestral Secret Recipe" or "One Recipe"
This is "opportunism" in cancer prevention and treatment. Some patients or family members often listen to some rumors and spend a lot of money to buy the so-called "ancestral secret recipes" and "uniform prescriptions", and even ask gods to worship Buddha for miracles. These "cancer treatment specialists" and "ancestral families" have not only received no formal medical education, some have no medical knowledge. I believe there is no shortage of examples of delayed treatment due to partial belief in the "secret formula". Going to a regular hospital in time to seek medical help is king.
6. Doctors and family members conceal their condition
This is "individualism" in cancer prevention and treatment. The doctor’s failure to tell the patient’s true condition was considered a protection for the patient, but the consequence of doing so is that the patient does not actively cooperate with the treatment and it is difficult to achieve the best results. However, some family members of the patients are afraid to send the patients to the cancer specialist for treatment. They are also unwilling to undergo necessary radiotherapy and chemotherapy after the operation. They will be treated after the tumor recurrence and metastasis.
7. One plan, one Chinese medicine can cure all tumors
This is "dogmatism" in cancer prevention and treatment. A certain doctor cured a certain patient, so many patients flocked to it, thinking that their disease could also be cured by this doctor. In fact, tumors are complex, and curing one patient does not mean that all patients can be cured.
In addition, many patients blindly believe that a certain Chinese medicine can cure all diseases, and most Chinese patent medicines can only play an auxiliary role. If you want to rely on a certain Chinese medicine to treat tumors, it is a big mistake.
8. Treat experimental research results as clinical efficacy
This is "adventurism" in cancer prevention and treatment. The so-called "experimental results", more than 95% are the results of animal experiments, rather than the results of clinical applications. There are differences between humans and animals, and not all medicines that are effective for animals are effective for humans. Even if a certain anti-cancer achievement reported by the regular media won the national, provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards, most of them are still in the laboratory research stage, and there is still a long way to go before clinical application.
9. Blindly and superstitiously believe in experts, and focus on not knowing experts
This is the "heroism" in cancer prevention and treatment. There are many outstanding experts in China who have deep attainments in certain areas of cancer treatment. For example, there are oncologists who specialize in surgical treatment, medical oncologists who are engaged in chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, biological therapy, and nutritional support treatment, and oncologists who are engaged in radiotherapy. Therefore, one cannot blindly identify an expert, but should choose the corresponding expert according to the disease and treatment method.
10. Do not use analgesics for cancer pain
This is "conservatism" in cancer prevention and treatment. Pain is an important issue affecting the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer. However, many patients and their families, even a few non-oncology professionals, mistakenly believe that cancer patients should not use painkillers as a last resort.
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