Is physical examination tumor screening useful?

In recent years, the incidence of cancer has been increasing, and it is becoming younger and younger. Therefore, tumor screening has gradually attracted people's attention. In fact, diseases like cancer are usually diagnosed and treated early, and the prognosis is good. No matter what kind of tumor it is, it is easy to treat in the early stage. However, how to detect the disease early, physical examination is very important. Is physical examination tumor screening useful?

Is physical examination cancer screening useful?

Of course it is very useful.

If the tumor is discovered early, the prognosis will be good. For example, the early symptoms of female breast cancer are obvious and easy to detect, so the prognosis is good. The same is true for female cervical cancer. If there are corresponding symptoms, the prognosis is relatively good. Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer and bloody nasal discharge often go to the hospital for examination, which is easy to cure. Skin cancer is also easy to cure. As for vocal cord cancer, people will go for treatment as soon as problems such as hoarseness occur. Other tumors are relatively difficult to treat, such as pancreatic cancer. Stomach pain is often confused with gastritis. It may be gastritis, but if you ignore it, it will be in the late stage when you go to the hospital for examination. There is also lung cancer, which may not have any symptoms, or may have a mild cough, smoking, cold or fever. These phenomena are easy to ignore. This problem often occurs with liver cancer, which also has no symptoms when small lesions are discovered. Tumors deep within the internal organs are often easily delayed, or have atypical signs and cannot be detected early. In addition, the Chinese people do not pay much attention to health surveys, including economic reasons. One of the reasons is that their financial conditions do not allow them to pay comprehensive attention to their health.

Therefore, it is necessary for us to have regular necessary physical examinations. Systemic tumor screening items: Basic items: general examination, body fat detection, blood collection, blood routine, four blood lipid items, fasting blood sugar, urine routine, 12-lead electrocardiogram, internal examination, surgical examination, ophthalmology examination + slit lamp, fundus, ear, nose and throat examination, oral examination, gynecological examination, abdominal ultrasound (color), pelvic ultrasound (color), 11 liver function tests, chest X-ray. Tumor screening items: TCT test for women, breast color Doppler ultrasound, 3 renal function tests (cancer antigen (CA-125), cancer antigen CA-15-3), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA-50), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), carbohydrate antigen (CA19-9), carbohydrate antigen (CA72-2), carbohydrate antigen (CA24-4), cytokeratin (CYFRA21-1), whole-body thermal imaging, far-infrared thermal imaging, and carbon-14.

How can we prevent cancer in our daily life?

There are three major strategies for fighting cancer: prevention, early detection, and scientific treatment of cancer. Among the three strategies, prevention is the most important, which includes smoking control, weight loss, a reasonable diet, proper exercise, and infection control, and staying away from carcinogenic factors, such as chemicals and polluted environment. Among so many factors, prevention is of course a primary factor and a long-term strategy. The United States has indeed seen results since the 1970s, especially in tobacco control and smoking cessation, which is an overall national strategy. Of course, prevention is the first priority, and the second key is early detection. Early detection means that the entire population has health awareness, especially when the population is over 30 to 40 years old, and regular surveys are conducted. The third is the issue of reasonable treatment. If we take timely preventive measures and can detect the disease early, the treatment effect can be greatly improved.