Does cancer equal terminal illness? Are ideas more useful than doctors? Is the “prescription” for cancer credible? The standard of living has improved, why the incidence of cancer is also on the rise …… Cancer seems to be far away from the healthy people, every day is quietly occurring. “The world on average every minute there are 6 people onset of cancer”. For the public, it is especially important to know the truth in the face of the many misconceptions about cancer. Getting cancer = declared dead? Many people believe that cancer is an incurable disease, and that suffering from cancer is equivalent to pronouncing one’s death. Some celebrities have died of cancer one after another, adding to the public’s concern. Cancer is not a terminal disease, but a chronic disease. There is a saying of “3 1/3” in the cancer research field, that is to say, more than 1/3 of cancers can be prevented, 1/3 of cancers (in fact, it is close to half at present, and in the United States, it has been increased to 70%) can be treated to prolong the life span and be cured, and 1/3 of cancers can be treated to alleviate the symptoms and relieve the symptoms, which is a very important factor in the treatment of cancer. The Cancer is not incurable, nor is it as scary as imagined. Take the five-year cure rate as an example, the cure rate of thyroid, colorectal, breast and prostate cancers, etc. is very high, and the cure does not affect normal life. The misconception that cancer is a terminal illness may affect people’s motivation to participate in cancer screening and is very detrimental to the early detection and treatment of cancer. Why is the incidence of cancer on the rise? People often wonder why some people who seem to have a regular daily routine unexpectedly develop cancer, while others who smoke until they are 80 years old do not have cancer? How far away is cancer from normal people? Is the occurrence of cancer attributed to heredity, environmental pollution or psychological factors? Experts believe that the individuality of cancer is very strong, and everyone’s cancer is different, so the emphasis is on individualized prevention and treatment. Improvement of living standards does not reduce the occurrence of cancer, cancer is related to many factors: the first is that the average life expectancy in the country has increased, the incidence of cancer is also increasing, “Cancer is an organism to a certain time naturally occurring. So cancer is worldwide and is a natural product that occurs universally in organisms on earth, for example, as we age, among men over 65 years old, the incidence of prostate cancer reaches 50%, which means that one out of two elderly men will develop the disease.” Second, some cancers run in families. For example, the “endemic cancer” in Guangdong Province is nasopharyngeal cancer, even if they migrate to other countries or regions, after a few generations of expatriates’ offspring are still susceptible to nasopharyngeal cancer, in addition, for example, the U.S. actress Angelina Jolie’s risk of breast cancer comes from her family’s genetic predisposition to the disease. Jolie’s breast cancer risk comes from the family’s genetic inheritance; the third is related to factors such as environmental pollution and personal habits, such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and the cumulative effect of dietary environmental factors, such as water pollution and crop contamination. “But the influence of the environment on the occurrence of cancer is not a one-day effect, but a long-term process, and its correlation is also a consideration of the whole, and not inevitable for each individual.” The fourth is a cause that is currently unexplained by science. In the types of cancer, about 65% belong to the digestive tract cancer, such as oral cavity, stomach, intestines and other parts of the cancer; 25% is respiratory tract cancer, for example, lung cancer 5% from heredity; there are still 5% of cancers currently do not know what the cause. Aggressive treatment, actually effective? In WeChat and other social media, reproduced more about cancer do not go to the treatment of the argument, Japan, there are even people specializing in books, arguing that cancer does not need a doctor to treat, but rely on their own intention can be cured. In reality, there are patients who believe that cancer treatment does not reduce the probability of death, the more treatment the more the body can not eat, anyway, time is running out, it is better not to spend the money. Cancer should not be treated” is a very wrong view. First of all, 1/3 of all cancers can be cured, so why not treat early stage cancers? In addition, although an organism suffering from cancer will die if it is not treated, but if it is treated by modern science, it can slow down a lot of pain. WHO advocates that cancer treatment should benefit the patient, even if it cannot be cured, it can have a good quality of life during the patient’s lifetime, and it is a kind of flim-flam to not accept scientific treatment and just rely on the will to be ‘cured’. However, it is undeniable that the objective reality does exist in some hospitals overmedication. In fact, the Chinese Anti-cancer Society, the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology and other associations have long had clinical guidelines for single diseases, which can reduce overmedication in the clinic. In response to the embarrassing image of “as long as you don’t die, chemotherapy is not the only thing you have to do”, I would like to say that chemotherapy is not necessary for the whole population. As a whole, it is definitely not necessary, but for individuals, it is necessary to follow the national and international single-disease guidelines to actively go to the treatment, to do individualized treatment, individualized treatment is carried out under the multidisciplinary consultation is basically the right thing to do. Doctors or patients? To treat cancer, is it relying on doctors to give programs, or relying on the patient’s own willpower? Experts believe that it is essential to rely on the doctor for a correct diagnosis and then to treat the patient according to the guidelines of the disease. The important role of willpower is indisputable. There is a saying that 70% of the patients are scared to death, in terms of the developmental process of the disease transition, the course of the disease can not be so short. It is the result of the patient’s psychological overload, mental breakdown, etc.” Whether it’s the family hiding the patient’s true condition or chasing after the doctor to ask how much longer they can live, it’s practically meaningless. The role of the doctor is to take the correct treatment plan based on the staging of the individual patient at the time of the visit, to alleviate the patient’s suffering and to achieve a treatment that maximizes the patient’s benefit. It is important that the patient participates in the treatment by adjusting his or her mental state, diet, and engaging in active exercise. Clinically, it is often when the patient’s heart is set right, optimistic thinking, coupled with scientific and standardized treatment, so that the patient’s condition is stabilized, or prolonged life, and to ensure the quality of life.” Secret prescriptions, believe or not believe? In the face of cancer, some patients and their families often spend a lot of money to buy the so-called “secret prescriptions”, and some people even believe in the folk saying “fight poison with poison”, and use medicines privately. In addition, some patients think that surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are too damaging, while some prescriptions are Chinese medicines, which are considered to be “non-toxic”, and they hope that cancer can be cured by using Chinese medicines only. From a scientific point of view, these so-called “secret prescriptions” should be resolutely opposed, which is a very irresponsible, even for the purpose of making money. “Some ‘secret prescriptions’ can indeed bluff some people, for example, there are so-called ‘masters’ to give patients with mangosteen (a kind of laxative) to treat cancer, individual patients feel very relaxed after using it. That is actually also a problem of the patient’s ‘intention’.” “‘Fighting poison with poison’ is even less desirable; cancer is not a poison, and a person is an organism that can repair damaged cells on its own. The reason why cancer appears is because the new cell division process is changed. You cannot rely on ‘poison’ to attack cancer.” He said. Experts reminded that Chinese medicine in improving the immune system, “supporting the right” has a unique role, but patients should not be pure Chinese medicine to treat tumors put too high expectations, it is recommended that patients under the guidance of doctors to develop the most suitable for the patient’s individualized treatment plan. Although surgery or radiotherapy has toxic side effects, it is still an effective treatment.