Esophageal cancer is a common gastrointestinal tumor that kills about 300,000 people worldwide each year. Its incidence and mortality rates vary greatly from country to country. On average, 150,000 people die of esophageal cancer in China every year, and there are more men than women, and most of them are above 40 years old, which is a high incidence area of esophageal cancer. The typical symptom of esophageal cancer is progressive difficulty in swallowing, firstly dry food, then semi-liquid food, and finally water and saliva.
Causes of esophageal cancer
1.Chemical etiology
Nitrosamines. These compounds and their precursors are widely distributed and can be formed inside and outside the body, and are highly carcinogenic.
In the diet, drinking water, sauerkraut and even saliva of patients in high incidence areas, the content of nitrite is much higher than that in low incidence areas.
2.Biological etiology
Fungi. In some high incidence areas, a variety of fungi can be isolated from food, upper digestive tract of esophageal cancer patients or resected specimens of esophageal cancer, some of which have carcinogenic effects.
Some fungi can promote the formation of nitrosamines and their precursors, which can further promote the occurrence of cancer.
3.Lack of certain trace elements
Low content of molybdenum, iron, zinc, fluorine and selenium in food, vegetables and drinking water.
4.Lack of vitamins
Lack of vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin C and insufficient intake of animal protein, fresh vegetables and fruits is a common feature of high incidence area of esophageal cancer.
5.Factors such as smoking, alcohol, hot food, hot drinks and unclean mouth
Long-term drinking of strong alcohol, addiction to smoking, food that is too hard, too hot, eating too fast, causing chronic irritation, inflammation, trauma or unclean mouth and dental caries may be related to the occurrence of esophageal cancer.
Can esophageal cancer be cured?
Having esophageal cancer is not equal to death. As long as it can be detected early and effective and reasonable treatment plan is adopted, it can be effectively controlled.
Esophageal cancer patients should treat the disease with a good attitude and receive regular treatment as soon as possible.
According to the specific condition, conservative treatment plus selenovac, if the effect is good, can fight for survival with tumor. Otherwise, it can also relieve patients’ pain and make them work less hard.
How long can one survive with esophageal cancer is indeed a question that is difficult to answer simply. If you want to treat esophageal cancer, the first prerequisite is reasonable treatment. The three axes of esophageal cancer treatment, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, have become the mandatory choices for cancer treatment. However, it should be discussed from disease to disease and from person to person.
After surgery, the immunity is low, then chemotherapy and radiotherapy will kill the normal cells while killing the cancer cells, and then the residual cancer cells will start to metastasize like crazy, and then chemotherapy again. Some patients’ family members lamented that “life never dies, it never ends”. First of all, it must be affirmed that cancer surgery is right, but it is better to combine with traditional Chinese medicine while treating cancer.
Before and after the surgery, selenovircon tablets can make the body in the best condition to meet the surgery, and during chemotherapy, selenovircon can also reduce the toxic side effects, which is very meaningful to the treatment. In clinical practice, there are many patients who believe in biased prescriptions, or fear surgery, fear radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and treat haphazardly in small clinics and other places for a period of time, waiting until the disease is not controlled, metastasis or recurrence before they are transferred to a specialist hospital, which undoubtedly delays the treatment and the effect is certainly not ideal.
Cancer patients should realize that they should combine surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, Chinese medicine and other treatment methods organically to achieve the best effect.