The incidence of cancer is very high, and even if the level of medical care is getting higher and higher, the mortality rate of cancer is increasing year by year. The reason for the high mortality rate of cancer has a certain relationship with the early detection of cancer, let alone timely treatment.
Once the cancer enters the advanced stage, it will cause distant metastasis of cancer cells, and even if a series of comprehensive treatments are carried out, the survival rate of patients is still not guaranteed. So there are a lot of people wondering why cancer is advanced when it is discovered.
Why is cancer advanced when it is discovered?
1. The symptoms are not obvious
Most cancer patients have symptoms that are not obvious at an early stage of onset, or even have no symptoms. After suffering from cancer, because the early lesions are very small, they are generally limited to the mucous membrane, which will not cause damage to the organs, nor will they compress or stimulate the nerves, and there will be no metastasis and spread.
Then the patient's tissue and organ function will still be within the normal range, and the patient will not feel any discomfort. Then the patient will not appear any vigilance, naturally will not carry out any examination, resulting in early cancer is difficult to detect.
2. Ignore the check
Even in the early stages of cancer, patients have already experienced some discomfort. For example, when suffering from stomach cancer, the early symptoms are particularly mild. Or there may be only occasional vague stomach pain, or bloating, and occasionally indigestion.
However, there are many reasons for this phenomenon, so it cannot arouse the vigilance of patients at all, so patients will hardly take the initiative to carry out stomach examinations. And even if the patient has a more obvious discomfort, most people will not take the initiative to go to the hospital for examination, and will take some corresponding drugs for treatment.
3. The progress speed is fast
Another cause of cancer, once discovered, is advanced, and is related to the fact that cancer has the characteristics of developing very quickly. Almost all cancers have the characteristics of rapid onset, if not detected and treated early, tumors will grow rapidly in a short period of time. At this time, the patient will have some discomfort, and once the examination is performed, it is found that it has entered the advanced stage.
Does advanced cancer need to be treated consistently?
The reason why many people think that the complete cancer stage does not need treatment is because most cancers once they enter the advanced stage, even through various treatment methods, they cannot cure the patient.
And most of the advanced cancer patients immunity is relatively low, once a series of radiotherapy and chemotherapy or surgical treatment, will make the immunity decline rapidly, it is very likely that there will be serious malnutrition, infection and other problems, but can not play a role in prolonging life.
However, if the patient has a strong desire for business, he also has a certain economic strength to maintain the cost of treatment for advanced cancer. Then patients with advanced cancer can be treated by surgery or radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which can maximize the survival time of patients.
Especially when you have prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, and Hodgkin lymphoma. Even in advanced stages, patients still have the hope of a 5-year survival rate as long as they receive regular treatment.
All in all, the causes of cancer once discovered are advanced, which are related to the above 3 points. In addition, if cancer patients go to some hospitals that are not very formal in the early and middle stages for examination, it is very likely that misdiagnosis will occur.
In addition, whether patients with advanced cancer need to adhere to treatment depends on the patient's actual condition and the type of cancer.
But no matter what the situation, cancer patients must have a more optimistic attitude, and to do a good job in all aspects of life care, you can maximize their lives.