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Author of this article: Cyan Wood
Reviewer: span>Li Zhizhong, Duke University Cancer StudentPhD in Biology, Science Writer
I am a family member of a lung cancer patient. Several lung cancer patients in my family made me a professional family member.
Cancer is a time-related disease, and most patients are diagnosed at an older age. Some problems cannot be faced, and knowledge such as medicine has not been updated. As children of patients, we need to face it together with patients.
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Choose multidisciplinary collaboration whenever possible
If you look carefully at the department settings of a cancer hospital, you will understand that even the treatment of a single cancer requires the cooperation of many people .
Because medical information is updated too fast, doctors also need to learn from each other. It is an opportunity for doctors to learn and ultimately better serve their patients.
Don’t underestimate the significance of multidisciplinary expert consultation. At a time when the division of labor is becoming more and more detailed, this method minimizes the misdiagnosis rate, reduces the waiting time for patients, and avoids constant referrals and repeated examinations.
Even sometimes, it may be the case that the patient has not only a tumor but also other diseases . In this case, even the departments of the cancer hospital are not enough, and you may need to seek help from a general hospital.
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Normalized diagnosis is most correct< span>
In almost all cancers, cancer cells need to be seen for final diagnosis. Take lung cancer as an example, it is not only a CT scan to determine, although “whether it is a malignant tumor” is closely related to experienced doctors, only the pathology department can finally confirm it.
In addition to routine diagnosis, the last thing to do in the diagnosis of cancer is to genetically analyze the cancer cells. detection.
At the level of genetic testing, two things should be roughly determined:
● Check whether the patient has genetic mutations, EGFR, ALK and other common mutations, now there are targeted drugs, no need Hospitalization, no radiotherapy and chemotherapy, just go home and take tablets every day.
● Look at the PD-L1 expression of patients If the condition is very high, immune drugs can be used directly; if it is not high, combined with chemotherapy and other means, this drug can still be used, and 1/3 of patients can survive longer than 3 years.
There are currently three generations of targeted drugs for EGFR mutations. Year is not a dream.
At least 60% of patients with ALK mutations survive for more than 5 years.
The PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibody immunotherapy has achieved clinical significance for many advanced patients. Healing (late stage itself means incurable).
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Believe in evidence-based choices
From European and American countries to eastern countries, there is a thing called “guidelines” about cancer treatment. Whether it is international or domestic, the guidelines are formulated by the top cancer scientists and doctors, and standardized diagnosis and treatment directly affects the prognosis.
There is one more word to remember, called evidence-based medicine. This is a theory drawn by doctors based on a large amount of evidence to guide the practice of diagnosis and treatment. If someone tells you that he has a recipe or a secret recipe, treat it with caution.
Because the best doctors in the world will contribute the best scientific research to the knowledge platform, Rather than just letting a small group of people know. Since the development of human academics, “1+1>2” has become a kind of ecology.
Don’t believe in remedies, find a standard hospital for the first diagnosis and treatment, a professional team of doctors, and standardize the whole process The treatment to a large extent determines the patient’s treatment effect.
And a simple “home remedy” that makes you feel like you’re talking to your heart will delay treatment.
hope:
A ray of light on the road against cancer
To have cancer is really unfortunate. But from the perspective of the longitudinal era, it is lucky. We are in the era of the most rapid progress in the fight against cancer in human history.
Surgery is becoming less harmful to the human body, and a minimally invasive surgery requires only three holes or even a single hole ; Chemotherapy is becoming less toxic and efficient; Radiotherapy is becoming more and more precise, not only has begun to replace surgery, but is also progressing toward “targeted drugs”; There were a lot of survivors.
If you go to talk to your doctor in earnest, you will find that they must have patients who have lived for many years. There are patients who have been treated like normal people after dozens of chemotherapy treatments. Before you defeat cancer, don’t be scared away by rumors, you will lose the best chance of treatment in vain.
This sentence should be kept in mind when fighting cancer. To live, there is hope.
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This article is from 2022-04-26Health Times “Anti-cancer advice for a family member of lung cancer”
Editor of this article: Wang Zhen Review director: Yang Xiaoming