What does cancerophobia mean? Cancerophobia is a fear of cancer and the resulting behavior. It is usually caused by the death of one’s loved ones or close colleagues and neighbors and friends from cancer. We can often see that when a cancer patient appears in a place, many people around them immediately go to the hospital for examination. This situation is ultimately caused by a lack of understanding of cancer and the belief that cancer is incurable. In fact, cancer is curable, and the key lies in early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. Any cancer can be completely cured as long as the three early stages can be achieved. Nowadays, there are two extremes in people’s attitude towards cancer. Either one is so scared to death that he/she goes to the hospital all day long and asks the doctor to do all kinds of tests for him/her, or even asks the doctor to do a whole-body CT examination for him/her. They even ask the doctor to do a CT scan for their whole body, or inquire if there is a way to detect cancer by drawing a drop of blood. Either one does not care, saying “there is nothing we can do even if we find out, it is better not to know” or “it is better to live in a state of confusion”, both of these attitudes are unacceptable. A large number of psychophysiological research results have also pointed out that when people are immersed in negative emotions such as worry and fear for a long period of time, their psychology will be out of balance, which will in turn affect their physiological functions, resulting in dysfunctions and lowered immune functions. Suffer from the so-called “psychosomatic diseases”. Some people have heard that the ultraviolet rays in the sun can cause cancer, so scared that they dare not sunbathe, heard that fried food is easy to cause cancer, and simply do not eat oil; see the popular science article about jewelry releasing rays, so from now on, and gold necklaces, gold rings, insulation; I heard that cancer is hereditary, and when their parents suffered from cancer, they will be all day long worried about it. All these are typical “cancer-phobia”. For those who are afraid of cancer, we cannot simply say that they are not sick, or even ridicule and mock them. The best way is to take them to a reputable hospital and find a senior doctor whom they trust the most to do a detailed diagnosis and choose the necessary precision instruments that are affordable. Eventually, it will be proved that they do not have cancer, thus eliminating their fear of cancer. Besides, they can also find a psychiatrist for appropriate psychological treatment. Fear of cancer is relatively easy to cure. It is not appropriate to think that cancer-phobic patients are not really cancerous and do not need to be treated. In addition, we should encourage them to establish a positive attitude towards life and optimistic and healthy emotions, and guide them to establish a wide range of interests and hobbies. Actively participate in various social activities and sports. In addition, they can read more popular science books about cancer prevention and treatment to increase their knowledge of cancer. So, is there nothing we can do to prevent cancer and detect it at an early stage? As we all know, many cancers do not have any symptoms in the early stage, and by the time typical symptoms appear and then go to the hospital, most of them are already in the middle or late stage. Therefore, to prevent cancer, we should have regular health check-ups, preferably twice a year, or at least once a year. People with special hobbies such as smoking, drinking and those suffering from chronic hepatitis, gastritis, gastric ulcer, colitis, breast hyperplasia, cervicitis and other chronic diseases, as well as those who are exposed to cancer-causing factors for a long period of time can increase the number of health checkups appropriately. The need for health check-ups is indisputable. Since the commencement of the annual health check-ups for government civil servants a few years ago, asymptomatic early-stage cancer patients have been detected year after year. This has greatly increased people’s consciousness to participate in medical check-ups, and the number of people who take the initiative to be examined has increased year by year. Early detection greatly improves the treatment effect of cancer. Take the staff of our hospital as an example, every year health checkups can detect two or three cases of cancer patients, and the treatment effect is very good, and all of these workers resume normal work and life. There are two cases of kidney cancer, one case of breast cancer and one case of uterine cancer patients, all of whom are over 70 years old, have exceeded the five-year period recognized for the cure of tumors, and are still in good health. This is the best example. In fact, there are still some telltale signs of some cancers. Here I list some common abnormal signals: 1. Unexplained lumps on the body surface: especially the painless lumps on the body surface of the elderly should be paid extra attention to. Among them, the lump on the clavicle is the most important. In addition, the neck, armpit, submandibular, behind the ear, groin painless lumps should also be highly attention, found in a timely manner. Young, middle-aged and elderly women with painless lumps in the breast should go to our department as soon as possible to do a needle aspiration cytology to confirm the diagnosis. 2, unexplained weight loss: except for malnutrition metabolism vigorous eating reduced sudden weight loss, always “healthy” elderly short-term weight loss, with or without low fever and fatigue. Unexplained bleeding in the body cavity: blood in nasal mucus, blood in sputum after coughing, or fresh blood in sputum after inhaling the nose, blood in urine (at the beginning or at the end), non-menstrual vaginal bleeding, postmenopausal irregular vaginal bleeding, or contact bleeding, and fresh blood outside the stool. 4. Gradually aggravating existing diseases: existing chronic bronchitis, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, chronic hepatitis, those who do not get better and gradually aggravate after treatment. Persistent digestive irregularities, long-term abdominal distension and diarrhea. 5.Abnormal sensations found by chance: progressive dysphagia, dysphagia and retrosternal discomfort. Nasal congestion, itchy nose, itchy skin all over the body, blurred vision, diplopia that appear suddenly without any reason. 6, body surface ulcers, pigmented nevi: the appearance of long-lasting skin ulcers, or even ulcers edge bulging, the original pigmented nevi suddenly become large and black itchy, and the hair on them fall off. And the skin suddenly turns yellow. 7, persistent pain, dull pain: swallowing pain, persistent pain in the heart or back. And progressive aggravation of headache. Middle-aged and elderly people with the above abnormalities should go to the hospital as soon as possible to do a detailed examination. At present, in a large part of the population, there is a focus on treatment and light prevention of the mentality. They are willing to spend thousands of dollars to have a meal in a big restaurant, but they are not willing to spend hundreds of dollars to have a health checkup in a hospital. However, once they get cancer, they will not hesitate to spend all their money. The so-called excessive treatment, to a large extent, is the doctor to comply with the patient’s request to make. Some people in foreign countries have done some calculations, for every dollar spent on prevention, eight dollars can be saved in treatment costs. At present, the effect of cancer treatment is not satisfactory, because of this, prevention is more important than treatment. Cancer, like many chronic diseases, is largely the result of an unhealthy lifestyle. As early as 1981, the Advisory Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested that 1/3 of all cancers can be prevented; 1/3 of all cancers can be cured if diagnosed early; and 1/3 of all cancers can be alleviated to prolong life. The vast majority of human cancers (about 3/4) may be related to factors such as smoking and drinking, uncontrolled diet, various infections and environmental occupations. Because these factors can be avoided, most cancers are preventable. Lifestyle is very important for cancer prevention. We pay attention to the health of diet, do not eat moldy and contaminated food, eat more vitamin-rich yellow-green fresh vegetables and fruits, eat less or do not eat smoked, fried and salted meat food, eat more rice, noodles and beans; eat more dietary fiber-rich coarse grains, sweet potatoes, etc.; eat more fresh fish and seaweed, seaweed and other seafood, control the intake of fat, eat garlic, onions, ginger and other condiments, drink more green tea and less with pigmented Drinks with coloring and so on. As long as we make efforts to correct the bad lifestyle; actively treat the original chronic diseases; appropriately participate in fitness and physical exercise within our capacity; maintain optimism and good mood; and regularly go to the hospital for health checkups, cancer will be far away from us.