The right concept of scientific anti-cancer

Nowadays, cancer has become a major killer of human beings, and the probability of China’s residents getting cancer in their lifetime is 22%. About 2.7 million people die of cancer in China every year, and about 7,300 people die of cancer every day on average. According to the Annual Report of China Tumor Registry released by the National Tumor Registry, there are about 3.12 million new cases of tumor in China every year, and it is expected that the number of new cases will reach 3.64 million nationwide every year in 2015. In today’s world, we focus more on how long and how well the treatment can make the patients live. Because cancer is difficult to be cured by a single treatment, it needs to combine modern new technology with conventional surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, etc., and formulate personalized comprehensive treatment plan for specific patients to maximize the efficacy. Based on “survival with tumor”, individualized treatment is chosen according to the condition. The main ways of tumor treatment are surgical resection, radiotherapy (such as 3DCRT, IMRT, IGRT, Gamma knife or TOMOTHREAPY), medical treatment (including chemotherapy, biological treatment, combined Chinese and Western medicine treatment, etc.). ). With the progress of science and technology, many new tumor treatments have emerged one after another in recent years, such as drug-targeted therapy, minimally invasive surgery, interventional, gene therapy and so on. However, at present, many tumor patients in China cannot get standardized treatment, and sometimes, the new technology can complete the local surgical resection of tumor, which can show off the “high difficulty” of the doctor’s surgery, but has little benefit to the patients, and even lead to the consequences of “tumor death”. This can do little good to the patient except to show off the “high level of difficulty” of the surgeon’s operation, and even lead to the consequence of “tumor death”. We should avoid the wrong treatment concept of “it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go”, and advocate “living with tumor and trying to live in peace with tumor cells”, so that cancer can become like diabetes, heart disease and other common chronic diseases. Let them “live peacefully” in the body with people. Today, we focus more on how long and how well the treatment can make the patient live. Because cancer is difficult to be cured by a single treatment, we need to combine the new modern technology with conventional surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, etc., and make a personalized and comprehensive treatment plan for each patient to maximize the efficacy. The first thing patients should do in treatment is to actively cooperate with doctors and choose individualized treatment according to their condition to strive for the best results and avoid overtreatment. In the face of radiotherapy reactions, effective cooperation of patients and family members is needed. Hair loss, vomiting, skin ulceration, etc. are some of the possible side effects during radiotherapy, and many cancer patients will give up radiotherapy or chemotherapy for fear of side effects. In fact, there are a lot of adjuvant drugs for radiotherapy and chemotherapy. When receiving radiotherapy, avoid exposing the skin in the irradiated area to sunlight, do not wear clothes with narrow neckline during neck radiotherapy, do not use any cosmetics and topical drugs containing irritating or heavy metals, exercise easily, relax, and take a short nap or rest to relieve fatigue, which can reduce radiotherapy reactions. Hair loss in chemotherapy patients usually occurs within a few weeks after the start of chemotherapy, but it is temporary and will grow back after chemotherapy is over; when hair loss starts, protect the scalp from the sun with a hat or poncho; during chemotherapy it is advisable to drink plenty of warm liquids to help dilute the stools and eat high-fiber foods under the guidance of the doctor. Adequate sleep and nutrient intake are also the main assets for patients to get through radiotherapy easily. The active participation of family members is needed to fight cancer scientifically. Cancer is a chronic disease and requires a long treatment process. The role played by family members should not be neglected. They should not be helpless, nor should they just “accommodate” the patient; they should talk about the disease frankly according to the patient’s character and state of mind, care for the patient and divert the patient’s attention from the disease, but should not be overly accommodating and encourage the patient’s inertia of bed rest; they should encourage the patient to take part in the treatment as long as it does not cause fatigue and does not affect the treatment. Under the premise of not causing fatigue and not affecting the treatment, encourage the patient to participate in appropriate exercise, such as walking, playing tai chi, etc., and appropriate self-care to distract attention. Family members should ask the doctor or nurse in time if they have any questions, and the correct understanding of cancer is the remedy to eliminate patients’ anxiety. Family members should first establish the new views of “tumor is a chronic disease”, “living with tumor” and “moderate treatment”, and use the identity of “family members” to guide patients to correctly treat their cancer. “They should guide the patients to understand cancer correctly and instill in them the treatment concepts of “tumor is a chronic disease”, “survival with tumor” and “moderate treatment”. To build up the confidence of patients to actively treat and overcome cancer. In the process of cooperating with doctors to treat patients well, the good mood and scientific anti-cancer of family members can further influence patients, from medication to home care, which can make the treatment effect more obvious. Individualized drug administration for analgesia is the most basic need of cancer patients Cancer pain is one of the most fearful symptoms of cancer patients, like people who are hungry and need to eat, pain relief is one of the most basic needs of cancer patients. It is wrong to focus too much on the cure when the patient’s expected survival time is limited, and complete remission of tumor lesions sometimes does not equal a good outcome for the patient. It is even more sad in life to let patients suffer severe pain in silence and even pass away with severe pain. Common misconceptions about pain relief must be corrected, such as “there is no painless tumor”, “painkillers are addictive if used too much”, “morphine is used only for advanced tumor patients”, and other silly questions. The pain treatment for cancer patients strives to achieve the standard of “no pain in sleep, no pain in quiet time during daytime, no pain in standing activities”, so that patients have to do many things in the last limited time, such as dealing with family relations, arranging work and reuniting with family, etc. Pain relief is also a technology, and individualized pain treatment, mixing effective drugs together can improve analgesic efficacy; the use of superconventional drugs for specific patients, intracorporeal or intrathecal drug infusion and other means, especially for terminal patients, should be more individualized.