Will tumors bid farewell to "terminal diseases" and become chronic diseases? Doctor: "longevity" with cancer is not impossible.
Aunt Wang, who has been suffering from breast cancer for three years, has come to the hospital for follow-up and follow-up. Now she has been able to follow up and check up in the hospital. Now the follow-up in the hospital is the same as chronic diseases such as hypertension and hyperglycemia. "and with the development of targeted therapy, immunotherapy, proton heavy ion and other new tumor treatment methods. Patients can get more treatments to prolong their lives. And many cancer patients can also participate in clinical trials to get the most cutting-edge treatment options. "A lot of high anti-tumor drug costs have been reduced again. This greatly reduces the medical burden of tumor patients, and looks forward to more new antineoplastic drugs entering health insurance in the future. 2) some tumors can be prevented and treated, except for more and more tumor treatments! We are also paying more and more attention to cancer screening. "Cervical cancer vaccine and screening can significantly reduce the prevalence of cervical cancer."
Aunt Wang, who has been suffering from breast cancer for three years, came to the hospital for follow-up. Her hearty laughter is completely different from the loss and fear she felt when she was diagnosed three years ago. Now she has been able to conduct follow-up and examination in the hospital. She can also make an appointment at the psychological clinic and nutrition clinic. "Cancer is no longer a terminal disease," she even said. "look at me. I've been fine after treatment. Now going to the hospital for follow-up is the same as chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and high blood sugar.""Survival with tumor, chronic disease management, diamond mutation" and other situations that were difficult to imagine in the past are also gradually emerging in our tumor patients.
Will tumors bid farewell to "terminal diseases" and become chronic diseases?
1) some tumors are no longer "terminal diseases".
Take breast cancer as an example. According to the statistics of the Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, the 5-year overall survival rate of breast cancer in situ is as high as 97.9% without follow-up radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which means a cure in a medical sense. The 5-year average survival rates of patients with stage II and III breast cancer are 75% and 61%, respectively. The level of diagnosis and treatment in China is comparable to that of developed countries in Europe and the United States.
And with the research and development of new tumor treatments such as targeted therapy, immunotherapy and proton heavy ions, patients can get more treatments to prolong life, so that cancer is not "incurable". And many cancer patients can get the most cutting-edge treatment options by participating in clinical trials.At the same time, it can relieve the economic pressure and reduce the family burden caused by cancer. In addition, after the national health insurance drug negotiations, many high anti-tumor drug costs have been reduced again, which has greatly reduced the medical burden of cancer patients, so that more patients can no longer afford drugs! Also look forward to the future can have more new antineoplastic drugs into health insurance, so that more people use life-saving drugs, so as to truly achieve high-quality survival with tumors!
2) some tumors can be prevented and "eliminated".
In addition to more and more tumor treatments, we also pay more and more attention to cancer screening.In 2018, World Health Organization Director-General Tan Desai put forward the goal of global elimination of cervical cancer. 194 countries, including China, pledged to eliminate cervical cancer. Cervical cancer vaccination and screening can significantly reduce the prevalence of cervical cancer. According to scientists' estimates, through universal cervical cancer vaccination and screening, China can avoid about 7.5 million cervical cancer patients in this century and save about 2.5 million lives.
Conclusion
In the prevention and treatment of cancer, full attention should be paid to the primary and secondary prevention of cancer. Among them, the former refers to etiological prevention, the purpose is to identify and eliminate the risk factors of cancer, prevention. The latter refers to the early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment of malignant tumors, which aims to improve the cure rate and reduce the mortality and disability rate. For patients with advanced cancer, it is not a myth to prolong their survival with tumors and improve their quality of life under the escort of modern medicine. The innovation of medical technology and drugs have brought hope to many cancer patients. Many tumors are no longer "terminal diseases", and even we can detect and prevent them early through early screening and vaccination.It is believed that in the near future, with the continuous progress of science and technology, tumor patients will "live longer" with tumors, and tumors will bid farewell to terminal diseases and become a chronic disease.
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