Do you know what the most cancers in the world are? That's right, breast cancer.
According to WHO's latest global cancer data in 2020, the number of new breast cancers reached 2.26 million, accounting for 11.7% of all newly diagnosed cancers, surpassing lung cancer for the first time to become the world's largest cancer.
Breast cancer has become the cancer with the largest number of female deaths in the world, and young singers Yao Beina, Zhu Lijing, Asan, well-known actor Chen Xiaoxu and other celebrities have also died of breast cancer.
Among them, Yao Beina's experience is particularly lamentable, Yao Beina was diagnosed with breast cancer in the early stage, after a series of treatments, basically reached a cure, but she finally left, why is this?
First, after treatment, he has been cured, why did he still die?
01, born in a musical family, should be a bright star
Yao Beina practiced at the age of 4, sang for the first time at the age of 9, participated in many competitions in her childhood, and won many awards in national, provincial and municipal singing competitions. In 2000, Yao Beina entered the Vocal And Singing Department of the China Conservatory of Music, and successively studied under Professor Dong Hua and Professor Ma Qiuhua, and the singing level was qualitatively improved.
On the stage of "The Voice of China", she sang a song "Maybe Tomorrow" to make more people realize the charm of her singing.
That year, she soared into the sky and sang in large-scale performances such as the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the World University Summer Games, and the Guangdong Asian Games, and she could be seen.
Just when everyone thought her future was bright, bad luck happened. In 2011, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent mastectomy, as well as chemotherapy. After chemotherapy treatment, Yao Beina's body has basically recovered.
02, the misfortune of cancer recurrence: metastasis occurs in a short period of time
Generally, after breast cancer surgery, patients need to be reviewed regularly, but Yao Beina is too busy. According to Yao Beina's attending doctor, she was asked to come to the hospital for a follow-up examination many times after the operation, but she forgot about it because she was too busy.
In 2014, the attending doctor called Yao Beina to supervise her for review, and explained that she would try to arrange for all the projects to be completed on the same day, and Yao Beina barely took a day out of time.
However, the results of the examination that day showed that her liver and bones had metastasized, and the condition was serious. At that time, the doctor advised her to undergo chemotherapy treatment immediately, but at that time, she was too involved in her career, she refused chemotherapy, and chose to run to her beloved singing career.
Her attending physician said that the reason Yao Beina's condition deteriorated so badly was because these tumor cells metastasized through her blood type, first liver, bone, and then lungs, and the most fatal was brain metastasis.
According to her initial treatment status, the probability of recurrence is very low, only 5% probability, but in her body, there is a 100% probability.
It can be seen that the current medical level of the discussion of tumors is very shallow, and there are still many unknown areas that have not been touched.
Second, why does breast cancer undergo surgery and recur in the short term?
Breast cancer is a genetic mutation caused by the oncogenic factors of breast gland epithelial cells, resulting in uncontrolled cell proliferation, manifested as cancer cells showing disordered and unrestricted malignant proliferation, which eventually leads to the complete destruction of the normal tissue structure of the breast.
At present, the pathogenesis of breast cancer is not clear, and through a large number of epidemiological investigations, estrogen levels are positively correlated with breast cancer.
Why did it recur in a short period of time after surgery?
Tang Jinhai, president of Jiangsu Provincial Cancer Hospital, said that for young breast cancer patients, the early onset of the disease is itself a high risk factor, and the risk of recurrence is higher.
For breast cancer patients, it is first necessary to analyze according to their pathological and molecular typing to determine chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and endocrine therapy. If the patient's breast cancer risk is high, the peak period of recurrence is often less than 3 years.
Moreover, breast cancer is not able to eliminate tumor cells by surgery, and its recurrence risk is also related to individual conditions, early and late onset, treatment standardization, and whether patients insist on review and insist on taking medicine.
How dangerous is breast cancer? Early detection and early treatment are key
According to epidemiological investigations, the two major risk factors for breast cancer are hereditary risk and non-hereditary risk.
The most common hereditary risk is a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene; Non-hereditary risks include premature menarche, late menopause, and older childbirth.
The five-year survival rate for early breast cancer is very optimistic, basically up to 90%. But as the staging increases, so does the survival rate. If the middle and late stages, the 5-year survival rate can only reach 25% at the highest. Therefore, early detection of breast cancer is the key to a positive prognosis.
Once these 3 symptoms appear, you should seek medical attention as soon as possible:
1. Changes in nipples
The skin of the nipple has erosive ulcers and scabs, or the nipples are bleeding like fluid.
2. Changes in the appearance of the breasts
The breasts appear asymmetrical, obviously different in size, or the skin of the breasts is obviously abnormal, showing the appearance of oranges that have been placed for a long time, or the contours of the breasts have changed, no longer round and full, and there are obvious depressions.
4. Feel the lump on the armpit and collarbone
Hard lumps can be touched by hand or there are changes in thickness, most likely lymph node metastases in the tumor.
Early breast cancer symptoms are not obvious and are easily ignored by the public. Regular screening is therefore particularly important. It is recommended that women of the right age should have mammography (mammary x-ray screening) and B ultrasound examination every year, which is also a common screening method for breast cancer.
The treatment of breast cancer is not only the pursuit of "peace" for three or five years, but also the long-term coexistence with it. A treatment can not guarantee that there is no risk, for women with breast cancer, examination and follow-up diagnosis, scientific medication, is the right way.
Resources:
[1] "Yao Beina's Chief Surgeon: Fate due to illness, the death of angels". Health World .2015-01-18
[2] Breast cancer, the younger the more systematic and standardized treatment is required. Health Times. 2015-02-03
[3] "What's so scary about breast cancer?" Early detection and early treatment, the survival rate is much higher than you think! 》. Eleventh Consultation Room. 2017-11-12
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