People are now very aware of cancer prevention. If you can tell whether your risk of cancer is high with a test, even if this test is a little more expensive, I believe everyone will flock to it. However, is it worth it to test tumor genes that can be tested tens of thousands of times? Is it really useful? Or give yourself a psychological comfort?
Some netizens said that his father died of cancer. Since then, he has been very worried and afraid that he and his children will also be caught. So he inquired from many sources and then learned that a genetic testing technology can assess the risk of cancer. So he gritted his teeth and took out his savings of saving money and took his family for testing. After knowing that his family's risks are relatively low, he can finally feel at ease.
As we all know, cancer is not easy to mess with. Generally, when people discover it, it has been lurking in the human body for a long time, and some cannot be operated. If it is detected before it appears, it is of great significance to human health and lifespan. However, some people think this is an IQ tax. General screening can already detect organ abnormalities, so why do you have to do such an expensive examination?
What is the use of gene detection ?
Because tumors are usually inseparable from these genes with that have defects. If defects are found in advance, they will have a certain preventive effect.
For example, there are known cancer patients in the detector's family (intestinal cancer, breast cancer , etc.), and the possibility of inheritance of the offspring of is relatively high. At this time, you can do a test.
In addition, if you feel abnormal symptoms on your body, you can also test it to get the answer more accurately.
Because after testing, you can know which type of defect the patient has, you can select targeted drugs suitable for the patient to facilitate treatment, and increases the success rate . After using targeted drugs, the treatment effects before and after can also be compared through detection. If new therapies appear, risks and success rates can also be evaluated.
In short, for patients with who have been diagnosed with early stage or have a family history of cancer , the test has a higher cost-effectiveness. If you are an ordinary person, you don’t need to use it to test it because you want to know whether you are healthy or just for psychological comfort. Just choose a general physical examination or screening.
Patients have improved after treatment. Do they still need to undergo genetic testing?
After regular treatment, the probability of tissue cancer recurrence has been reduced. You can do not perform testing. Even if the test is done, it cannot guarantee whether cancer cells will make a comeback in the next few years, because The human body is a constantly changing . If you are exposed to high-risk factors such as radiation and carcinogens in the later stage, it may still recur.
If the patient is treatment from the early stage or precancerous stage, then there is no need to worry, because the risk of that occurs repeatedly in these two situations is relatively low in the risk of . As long as you take good care of your body and do regular follow-up work, you don’t have to spend a lot of money on genetic testing.
Furthermore, if the two cancers mentioned above have a relatively high accuracy in genetic testing, if it is other cancers, it is not recommended. First of all, the patient must inherit the relevant genes before it is necessary to test it. Or if two generations in the patient's family have cancer, it is recommended to go to the test at this time.
Even if you need to do a test, I hope everyone will conduct it in a regular medical institution to prevent being fooled, especially when talking about words such as "guaranteed", "100%", "affirmation", etc., you should think more and be cautious. After all, one inspection is not cheap, so don't be deceived. Even if the problem is really detected in the end, you have to go to , Grade A hospital for to check again before you can confirm it.
Anti-cancer and fight cancer. Remember the "four no's", which may be more reliable than genetic testing
- Don't stay up late, don't eat randomly, don't smoke, don't be lazy
Many people have not yet recognized the harm of staying up late. The healthy development of human body needs to follow the rules. The frequent fatigue overdrawing of the human body will affect the gene copying and repair. If the pattern changes, the gene will be easily damaged and cannot effectively repair damage, and the risk of cancer will increase in the end. There are actually two meanings to not eat randomly. One is to not eat curious things, such as raw meat, wild game , and the risk of infection with parasites will increase. The second is not to be unable to control your appetite. It is wrong to eat a lot or go hungry frequently. If the stomach does not work regularly, problems will be easily arise over time.
Smoking is a clear item that will pose a threat to health. The number of deaths caused by millions each year is astonishing. If more than 300 million smokers can quit cigarettes , I believe that the cancer data in my country will drop a lot, because cigarettes harm not only individuals, but also family, friends, and colleagues.
The first three are all affected by external influences and become unhealthy, while the impact of laziness is invisible and can easily be ignored. In other words, everyone will understand that it is insufficient exercise. People who like to be lazy rarely exercise and always lie down after eating. This has an impact on cardiovascular, immunity , and it will also bring about obesity, diabetes , depression and other problems.
has said so much, but in fact I just want to tell everyone that compared with expensive detection technology, daily cancer prevention is more reliable. People today are very anxious about cancer , but everyone is wrong about the key points. What we need to know is not whether we have cancer genes, but whether we understand what problems exist in our living habits and correct them in a timely manner can eliminate these external risk factors and reduce the risk of cancer.
To summarize, genetic testing can indeed help some groups understand their own risks, but it also has limitations and should not be regarded as a necessary test item, especially for people who have symptoms or have been treated. They should listen to doctor's advice before undergoing tests. In short, don’t rush to spend so much money on testing, you may not actually need it.
