Intestinal gastric cancer often takes a long time after a long period of chronic stinging, can it really lead to stomach cancer?
There is always some news that young people have stomach cancer caused by eating barbecue for a long time, or stomach cancer caused by staying up late to eat barbecue for a long time...
This makes many people unhappy, it is hard to pick up a string, but it is still the "real murderer" of stomach cancer.
So, let's talk about it, does this barbecue really cause stomach cancer?
Barbecue is indeed easy to cause stomach cancer
Whether it's grilled meat, or fish, whether it's grilled lean meat, or fatty meat, these can cause cancer.
It should be known that lean meat contains a lot of amino acids and creatinine, in the high-temperature barbecue mode, the two can react to produce heterocyclic amines, while fat meat barbecue will generate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons can destroy human DNA, which in turn will be prone to cell mutation and cancer.
Therefore, compared with people who do not eat barbecue, people who often eat barbecue, the incidence of colon cancer and stomach cancer is much higher.
wait! As the news says, is eating barbecue really the culprit of stomach cancer?
Although barbecue produces harmful substances, harmful substances can cause stomach cancer.
But the problem is that stomach cancer is not only a factor in barbecue, but also Helicobacter pylori, smoking, hormones, and genetics.
In addition to the two substances produced by barbecue, high salt, nitrosamines, and iodine deficiency may all be related to stomach cancer.
Clinically, the common culprits of stomach cancer mainly include these:
First, Helicobacter pylori infection
At present, Helicobacter pylori is recognized by the medical community as the first carcinogenic factor of cancer, and many stomach diseases are also directly related to it.
Early infection with Helicobacter pylori, the body has no obvious symptoms, but with the seriousness of the infection, it will slowly cause chronic gastritis, at this time if it is not taken seriously, the condition will continue to develop into atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and finally form cancer.
If Helicobacter pylori can be removed from the roots, the incidence of stomach cancer can be reduced by 39%.
Second, bad eating habits
Poor eating habits are also one of the causes of stomach cancer.
People eat too much too salty food, such as salted fish, pickles, cured meat, etc., will increase the risk of stomach cancer, because high-salt foods can cause damage to the gastric mucosa and be more sensitive to carcinogens.
Third, genetic factors or family history
If it is a patient with stomach cancer in an immediate family member or close relative, it will increase the risk of stomach cancer, of course, this is not 100% certain.
As long as a very small number of stomach cancers are clearly autosomal dominant, they are called "hereditary diffuse gastric cancers".
Back to what I said earlier, like the news said, eating barbecue xx years got stomach cancer? Can you still have a pleasant barbecue later?
In fact, stomach cancer is mainly divided into two types--- intestinal gastric cancer and diffuse gastric cancer.
Gastrointestinal cancer is generally worsened by gastrointestinal diseases such as chronic inflammation and intestinal metaplasia, and often requires a long period of chronic stimulation, which is why most of these patients are elderly.
And diffuse stomach cancer, most of which are the genes that occur in the patients themselves, are like a time bomb installed from birth.
And such patients, whether they eat barbecue or not, stay up late or not, the cancer gene is buried in the body like a time bomb.
Like the examples in the news, the time to eat barbecue is only a few years, and once it is found, it is advanced, and the degree of malignancy is obviously very high, then it may be diffuse stomach cancer.
In essence, the harm of publicizing barbecue is understandable, but it cannot be used as a means of propaganda because of these imprecise reports, but it will put the cart before the horse.
Just like meeting those young people who do not stay up late or barbecue but suffer from stomach cancer, it is inevitable that people will question the previous propaganda.
bibliography:
[1] Annie On On Chan, MDBenjamin Wong, DSc, MD, PhD. Risk factors for stomach cancer.
[2] National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China. Specifications for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastric Cancer (2018 Edition)[J]. Electronic Journal of Integrated Oncology Treatment, 2019, 5(1): 55-82.