Last weekend, the fifth season of " Strange Talk " ended. Compared with the champion of this Strange Talk, there is another thing that makes people sigh: contestant Qiu Chen revealed that he had thyroid cancer (thyroid malignant tumor plus lymph node metastasis). Although she was able to easily and optimistically tell the anti-cancer process on the show, she also told the audience that "This is the mildest cancer among cancers, and the survival rate in 10 years is very high." Even so, it is inevitable that people will worry. Is thyroid cancer really easy to cure? Will it recur?
1Qifu Hospital Department of Oncology Zhang Hongyu reminds young people that thyroid cancer is a common malignant tumor of the head and neck among middle-aged and young women. Ionizing radiation is the only confirmed cause of cancer. It may be related to thyroid nodules and the genetic history of family members. Young people should learn to conduct self-examination and undergo regular physical examinations. Once problems are found, seek medical treatment as soon as possible.
4 people should be alert to thyroid cancer
thyroid cancer is a malignant tumor in thyroid tissue and has a relatively high cure rate. Zhang Hongyu said that four types of people should not take it lightly in the case of thyroid cancer:
The first is women! Especially for middle-aged and young women, the peak age of onset is the age of 20-40, and they are the people who are highly "favored" in thyroid cancer;
Second is childhood head and neck radiation history or exposure history of radiation pollution, and systemic radiotherapy;
Third is people with family hereditary diseases, especially family history of thyroid cancer;
Fourth is people with previous thyroid disease , thyroid cancer and other diseases. These four groups of people should actively carry out thyroid screening and achieve early diagnosis and treatment.
thyroid nodosed will turn into thyroid cancer?
thyroid nodules are divided into benign and malignant. Generally speaking, most thyroid nodules are benign, but even benign nodules may become cancerous during the process of change. If the thyroid nodules become larger, they will also compress other organs, such as the trachea, esophagus, etc. Patients with thyroid nodules should be careful when touching the lumps themselves. If they find nodules on the front neck, and the nodules will significantly increase in the short term, their texture is relatively hard, their boundaries are blurred, and they will experience symptoms such as dysphagia, hoarseness, etc., they need to be highly vigilant about thyroid cancer.
Zhang Hongyu reminds that it is worth noting that there are no obvious symptoms in the early stage of thyroid cancer. Many patients with thyroid cancer, like Qiu Chen, have found through hospital physical examinations, that some patients will also feel lumps and lumps on the neck. At this time, it is very important to identify whether thyroid nodules are benign or malignant. At present, the main identification methods are color ultrasound and thyroid fine needle puncture biopsy , among which thyroid fine needle apuncture biopsy is the gold standard.
Is thyroid cancer necessary for surgical treatment?
When Qiu Chen exposed his thyroid cancer, he said that he left a scar after the surgery on his neck. So will thyroid cancer patients be treated with surgery? Zhang Hongyu said that once it is determined that it is thyroid cancer, it is generally treated with surgical resection. According to the patient's specific situation, including the specific pathological type, whether there is lymph nodes and distant metastasis, different treatment methods such as surgery, endocrine, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are used.
How long can thyroid cancer live?
The word "10-year survival period for thyroid cancer" mentioned on the Talk of Strange Talks shocked fans. Some netizens also left messages in the comment section "10 years? Can you only live for 10 years?" "How long can Qiu Chen live?" Director Zhang Hongyu also answered this question for us. She told us that does not need to worry too much. 90% of thyroid cancers are differentiated and have a good prognosis, which can achieve clinical cure for . Therefore, patients with thyroid cancer must have early detection and early treatment, which can achieve cure, and the patient's lifespan is the same as that of normal people.How to prevent thyroid cancer?
If you want to prevent thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases, you must do these things in your daily life. First, you must pay attention to avoid long-term ionizing radiation in the neck. Second, regular physical examinations are very important, especially for high-risk people with thyroid cancer. Third, once abnormal symptoms of the thyroid gland are found, you must go to the hospital for examination. Early diagnosis and treatment are very important for the treatment of thyroid cancer, and early detection is completely curable.
