Ovarian cancer is a very common gynecological malignancy that may occur in women of any age, but women between the ages of 30 and 50 are at high risk of ovarian cancer.
Once sick, patients will experience a series of abnormal symptoms such as bloating, irregular vaginal bleeding, and abdominal lumps. If the treatment is not timely, the patient's life is seriously threatened.
Therefore, for ovarian cancer patients, they will actively accept scientific and standardized treatment. But there are many ovarian cancer patients who will have ovarian cancer recurrence, what is going on?
Why is ovarian cancer prone to recurrence?
After suffering from ovarian cancer, if it can be treated in time at an early stage, the 5-year survival rate of patients can reach about 90%. However, ovarian cancer has an overall poor prognosis, easy to recur and metastasis.
About 70% of patients with advanced ovarian cancer will have a recurrence within one and a half years of surgical treatment. Moreover, many ovarian cancer patients do not do a good job of post-treatment after surgery, as well as the conditioning of all aspects of life, resulting in the recurrence of ovarian cancer in a short period of time.
How to prevent ovarian cancer recurrence?
1. Receive post-treatment
For ovarian cancer patients, after the operation, it is generally necessary to carry out later chemotherapy, which can kill the residual lesions and maximize the control of recurrence. In addition, some patients should also be treated under the guidance of a doctor and with some corresponding drugs.
2. Regular review
Even patients with early-stage ovarian cancer should be regularly reviewed after surgical treatment. After the first two years of surgical treatment, it should be reviewed every three months, and every 4 to 6 months when entering 3 to 5 years, and once a year after entering the 5th year, it can be reviewed once a year.
Through a series of examination methods such as tumor marker examination and gynecological examination, it can effectively detect whether there are signs of recurrence of ovarian cancer.
Third, maintain a healthy lifestyle
For ovarian cancer patients, after the operation, we must pay attention to developing a healthy lifestyle, do not smoke, do not drink, do not live in a second-hand smoking environment. Don't stay up late, you should develop a good habit of regular work and rest.
In addition, you must not be overworked, but do not sit or lie down for a long time, and you should adopt a lifestyle that combines work and leisure. You should also pay attention to emotional conditioning every day, and do not have some anxiety and depression.
Fourth, adjust the diet
Even in early stage ovarian cancer patients, once after surgery, there are bad eating habits, such as eating too much spicy stimulant foods, or eating too much high oil and sugar foods. Food should be diversified and adopt a light, easy-to-digest, warm way of eating.
In addition, eating a large number of hormone-containing health products, or drugs, will make abnormal changes in the body's hormones, thereby increasing the recurrence rate of ovarian cancer.
All in all, ovarian cancer itself has the characteristics of high recurrence rate, coupled with the fact that patients do not do a good job in later treatment and nursing after surgical treatment, which can easily lead to the recurrence of ovarian cancer.
Therefore, for ovarian cancer patients, after the surgical treatment, we should also pay attention to the above 4 points. In order to avoid the recurrence of ovarian cancer to the greatest extent, to achieve the role of maintaining their own health.