The 82-year-old man diagnosed with cardia cancer spits on the Yellow Sea as soon as he eats it: the survival rate of early treatment is high

Red Net Moment, January 19 (correspondent Hu Wenjing) Mention cancer, people are familiar with lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer and other more common malignant tumors, for cardia cancer this disease may be little known. The cardia is part of the digestive tract, located in the connection between the esophagus and the stomach, if we compare the stomach to a pocket, then the cardia is the place where this pocket is pierced, so usually also called cardia cancer of the gastroesophageal junction, as the name suggests, the junction of the esophagus and the stomach cancer occurs. The early symptoms of cardia cancer are mild, and most patients say that there is no obvious discomfort after the onset of the disease, which is not easy to cause people to be alert, which is the case with the 82-year-old Uncle Xie below.

Uncle Xie (pseudonym), who lives in Hengyang City, is still quite tough and has never had any serious illness. A few months ago, he suddenly had symptoms of constant hiccups after meals, and his stomach was often accompanied by mild discomfort, which was relieved after a period of rest. At first, Uncle Xie's family thought that it was caused by his overeating, but they didn't care too much. Until a month ago, Uncle Xie appeared to vomit out as soon as he ate, completely unable to eat, the family panicked, hurriedly took the old man to the hospital to check, but unexpectedly found that there was a large lump in the cardia, and after further examination, it was confirmed that Uncle Xie had cardia cancer and had entered the advanced stage. Not only that, the doctor also informed Uncle Xie's family that Uncle Xie also suffered from coronary heart disease, because he had never done a physical examination and was ignored. Old age, poor heart function, diagnosed with cancer late, Uncle Xie, who once thought that his body was great, suddenly became a real sick straw, and ran several hospital doctors refused to operate on him. The old man's condition was delayed again and again, and Uncle Xie's family was unwilling to give up hope, and finally found Huang Hai, director of Changsha Kexin Cancer Hospital, through the introduction of friends, to seek treatment.

After examination, it was found that due to the late detection of the disease, coupled with the poor physical condition of Uncle Xie, it was indeed not suitable for traditional surgical treatment, and the primary problem at present was to solve his difficulty in eating, so as to restore the nutritional supply of his whole body. Under the suggestion of the Yellow Sea, Uncle Xie underwent vascular intervention, and after the first stage of left gastric artery perfusion chemotherapy drug treatment, his diet was significantly improved, the vomiting symptoms disappeared, the amount of food was gradually restored, and after reviewing the CT, the lump at the cardia was significantly reduced. A good start is the key to treating the disease, and Uncle Xie's family is not to mention how happy they are to see that the old man is getting better and better day by day.

Huang Hai introduced that vascular intervention technology is a minimally invasive interventional treatment, which is through the method of puncture, under the DSA image guidance, a special small catheter is inserted into the donor blood vessel of the tumor, after which the high concentration of chemotherapy drugs is directly injected into the tumor to kill the tumor cells, and a specific embolic agent is injected to block the blood and nutrient supply of the tumor to achieve the purpose of treating advanced cardia cancer. Due to the late appearance of cardia cancer symptoms, the early diagnosis rate is low, and once there are symptoms, most of them are intermediate and advanced, and there are no indications for surgery. At the same time, cardia cancer is not sensitive to radiotherapy, and systemic intravenous chemotherapy cannot achieve the therapeutic effect due to the low concentration of drugs in the tumor area, and the side reaction is heavy, the immunity is reduced, and it is difficult for patients to adhere to treatment. Through vascular intervention, it not only achieves a high concentration of drugs in the tumor area and a certain time of action, effectively inhibits the tumor, but also makes the treatment process smooth due to the basic painlessness of patients with systemic toxicity and mild side reactions.

At the same time, Huanghai also reminds everyone that tumor resection is recognized as the most effective way to treat cardia cancer in the early stage, if it can be detected early, diagnosed early, and treated early, most patients can be completely removed through surgery and the tumor cells in the body can be completely removed, and a relatively good prognosis can be obtained. If there is fullness, belching, nausea, vomiting in the upper abdomen, and accompanied by retrosternal discomfort or pain, you should be vigilant about the occurrence of cardia cancer and seek medical examination in time.