Stomach cancer, it really can't be underestimated.
Especially in the mainland, stomach cancer patients account for almost half of the world,000 deaths, and their mortality rate is also among the top three malignant tumors in the mainland.
According to the data, there are a total of 679,000 people in the country who have new stomach cancer, and the number of deaths due to stomach cancer has reached 498,000, accounting for 16%-18% of cancer deaths.
Although the high incidence of stomach cancer is 50-80 years old, in the past 5 years, the number of young people aged 19-35 has doubled compared with 30 years ago.
In fact, the occurrence of stomach cancer is closely related to living habits
As a high-incidence cancer in mainland China, in addition to the family genetic history of stomach cancer, love to smoke, pickle, fried foods, high-pressure diet, Helicobacter pylori infection, etc., have become important triggers.
The racial and regional differences in stomach cancer are extremely obvious, especially in East Asia, which is a high incidence of stomach cancer, of which the total number of stomach cancer in China, Japan and South Korea accounts for about 70% of the world.
Stomach cancer in the middle and advanced stages of cancer, immediately underwent surgical treatment, postoperative survival rate is often less than 30%.
According to the statistics of the National Cancer Center, the incidence of stomach cancer among mainland residents has been rising in recent years.
For the prevention of stomach cancer, everyone should pay more attention to it.
What can be done to effectively stay away from stomach cancer?
First, eat on time
To ensure gastrointestinal health, it is very important to develop a good habit of eating on time.
Because the punctuality of the stomach and intestines is very strong, if you often eat irregularly, it is easy to cause damage to the gastric mucosa due to a long period of fasting, which will be very unfavorable for gastric cancer prevention.
At the same time, a low-salt diet is advocated, less pickled and smoked foods, and more fresh fruits and vegetables.
(This one-size-fits-all recommendation applies to almost any disease.) ）
Second, stay away from alcohol
The damage caused by alcohol to human health is multifaceted, regular drinking will form a strong adverse irritation of the gastric mucosa, once the gastric mucosa is damaged, it is easy to cause gastritis and gastric ulcers.
If you do not get effective treatment in time, as the condition continues to develop and deteriorate, it is likely to induce stomach cancer.
Third, pay attention to dietary hygiene
Paying attention to dietary hygiene and avoiding diseases from entering the mouth is also very important for preventing stomach cancer.
Especially in the process of preventing Helicobacter pylori infection, we must pay more attention to the hygiene of the meal, avoid sharing tableware with others or sandwiching dishes with each other, otherwise it is easy to cause Helicobacter pylori infection due to shared meals.
If the disease is not detected in time and eradication treatment is carried out, the probability of inducing stomach cancer will be very high.
Especially for people with atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia precancerous lesions, or people with a family history of gastric cancer, it is recommended to also have Helicobacter pylori test, if positive, require drug eradication therapy.
Regular check-ups for Helicobacter pylori are also required in patients with recurrent stomach and duodenal ulcers, as well as other reasons that require acid-suppressing drugs.
Fourth, regular physical examinations to treat precancerous diseases
If some early symptoms of stomach disease are found during daily examinations, further gastroenterology is required for further diagnosis.
For patients with atrophic gastritis, gastric polyps and other diseases, or patients accompanied by intestinal metaplasia and intraepithelial neoplasia (that is, atypical hyperplasia), it is necessary to standardize treatment and regularly review.
Treatment is still the best treatment
I believe that everyone has heard the saying that fruit cures "no disease", and the same is true for stomach cancer.
Any way to treat stomach cancer is not more important to prevent stomach cancer, so it is more necessary to prevent the occurrence of cancer in daily life.
The same is true of cancer, and doing a good job in prevention can better avoid the threat of cancer.
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[2] Ma, J.L. et al., "Fifteen-year effects of Helicobacter pylori, garlic and vitamin therapy on gastric cancer incidence and mortality". National Cancer Institute, 2012.104(6):pp. 488-92.