How can young people detect and prevent cancer in time? Oncologists remind you to do these things

Why do most cancers occur in middle-aged and elderly people? Cancer takes a long time to develop. Therefore, it takes more than a few days or months for normal cells to become cancerous and grow to a size that can be detected. It can take a few years or even more than ten years. Therefore, most cancers occur in middle-aged and elderly people, and relatively few in young people. But obviously, the fact that young people are less likely to get cancer does not mean that there is no cancer, and one fact is that the number of young people getting cancer seems to be increasing.

The reasons for this include: first, people's health awareness has increased, and more and more people are being diagnosed with cancer; second, the level of diagnosis has improved; and third, there are indeed more carcinogenic factors in the environment today, and people may be exposed to carcinogens from an early age.

Some people ask, how can young people detect and prevent cancer in time? In fact, there is no essential difference between this and the elderly. If you want to detect cancer in time, of course you need to pay attention to the examination, but this does not seem to be that simple. Generally speaking, cancer screening is mainly for the elderly and high-risk groups. It is usually not recommended for young people to check this and that all the time. For example, if you are not a high-risk group, a person in his twenties does not need to do a colonoscopy. Of course, this is from a probability perspective. If a person in his twenties does not belong to a high-risk group, the probability of getting colon cancer is very low. It is very likely that a colonoscopy will be done in vain, and the cost-effectiveness is too low.

So what should we do? Actually, there is no need to be overly anxious. Although the number of young people suffering from cancer is increasing, the probability is still very low. There is no need to worry too much. If you are young, what you need to do is not to keep checking for no reason:

1. Know yourself well, that is, whether you belong to a high-risk group, such as whether you have a family history, whether you have bad habits, etc. You can learn popular science or seek evaluation from a specialist.

2. If you have any abnormal symptoms, you should seek medical attention immediately. Don’t delay and miss the opportunity to see a doctor because you are young and assume that everything is fine. If you have abnormal symptoms, it means that something is wrong. If you don’t hold on to this last line of defense, you will miss it again and again.

3. The last and most important point is that you should try your best to reduce the risk of cancer, stay away from unhealthy lifestyles and eating habits, stay away from all kinds of bad habits, get the HPV vaccine and the hepatitis B vaccine when necessary. If the hepatitis B virus is transmitted from mother to child from an early age, you must strengthen monitoring and do not ignore it. Otherwise, you may still get liver cancer in your twenties.

How can young people detect and prevent cancer in time?

1. Know whether you belong to the high-risk group. If so, pay attention to screening and intervene in advance when necessary;

2. If you find any abnormalities, don’t be complacent and seek medical attention in time without delay.

3. Stay away from unhealthy lifestyles, eating habits, and bad hobbies, and get vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine, HPV vaccine, etc.