According to recent media reports, a 36-year-old Ms. Luo who lives in Zhejiang was diagnosed with anaplastic thyroid cancer just after giving birth to her second child. It is understood that this is an extremely dangerous type of thyroid cancer with poor prognosis.
Ms. Luo's grandmother passed away early due to cancer. Her father suffered from four types of cancer, her brother lymphoma, two aunts suffered from breast cancer, an uncle had a history of liver cancer, a cousin was a lung cancer patient, and a cousin Passed away due to lung cancer... "Eight people in a family have been diagnosed with cancer, and they were all diagnosed at a young age." This time, Ms. Luo also wanted to figure out the "mystery" of the family.
In order to find the tumor threat factors hidden in the family, she came to Zhejiang Provincial Cancer Hospital and found Professor Sudan, the head of the pathology department, hoping to find the answer. The Zhejiang Provincial Cancer Hospital conducted gene testing on 18 members of Ms. Luo’s paternal family and found that they suffered from Li-Fraumeni syndrome. "It is a rare hereditary tumor syndrome that can lead to the occurrence of different cancers in multiple organs." The doctor reminds: If there are multiple or the same type of tumors in members of different generations in the family, attention should be paid and Early detection, early prevention, early diagnosis and early treatment.
In addition, in recent years, more and more patients have been diagnosed with thyroid nodules during physical examinations. Sometimes, you can hear that someone around you has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer is becoming more and more important in daily life. Thyroid cancer is more common in women because they may go through some special stages such as menstruation, pregnancy, lactation, etc., and the body's hormone levels will undergo some changes.
In fact, thyroid cancer is just a general term, and it is divided into several subtypes based on pathology, such as papillary carcinoma, follicular carcinoma, medullary carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma. Up to 90% of people actually have papillary cancer. This is a sheep in wolf's clothing. It grows slowly. Generally, timely treatment will be very good and it is difficult to cause death. There are countless people who have survived for more than ten years.
For example, Ms. Luo from Zhejiang was diagnosed with undifferentiated cancer this time. Undifferentiated cancer has a very low incidence rate, but once it occurs, doctors are almost helpless. The patient's survival time can only be calculated in months, and its degree of danger is at a certain level. This degree even exceeds the traditional king of cancers - pancreatic cancer ! So be vigilant and seek medical advice as soon as possible if found.
