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Article written by Doctor Le Thi Nha Hien, Internal Oncologist - Department of Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Nha Trang International General Hospital.
GLOBOCAN 2018 (a project of the International Agency for Research on Cancer) was officially announced at the end of September. It is estimated that in 2018, the world had 18.1 million cases and 9.6 million deaths from cancer. The number of people globally alive 5 years after detection is 43.8 million.
In men globally in general: 1 in 5 people have it; and 1 out of every 8 people infected will die. In women globally in general: 1 in 6 people have it; and 1 out of 11 people who get it will die.
1. Cancer situation in Vietnam
Increased numbers have many reasons:
Increasing population, increasing life expectancy and socioeconomic factors. Especially in countries with fast-growing economies, cancers related to industrialized lifestyles are much higher than cancers caused by poverty and inflammation.
Trắc nghiệm: Thử hiểu biết của bạn về bệnh ung thư
Ung thư là nguyên nhân gây tử vong hàng thứ 2 trên thế giới. Thử sức cùng bài trắc nghiệm sau đây sẽ giúp bạn có thêm kiến thức về yếu tố nguy cơ cũng như cách phòng ngừa bệnh ung thư.
Bài dịch từ: webmd.com
2. Common types of cancer in Vietnam
Thanks to efforts for effective prevention activities, some diseases have reduced rates such as lung cancer , cervical cancer , breast cancer ...
Scientists base on their understanding New knowledge about tumor doubling time, immunity and spontaneous recovery, cancer progression according to clinical stage including tumor - regional lymph nodes - metastasis TNM (T: tumor is tumor, N: lymph node is regional lymph node, M: metastasis is metastasis) and cell type histology, histopathology, etc., has helped modern medicine to clearly recognize the early detection and diagnosis of cancer. letter will have an important decisive influence on treatment attitude, treatment outcome and disease prognosis.
Screening tests help detect a cancer diagnosis before a patient has clinical symptoms of the disease. Regular screening can help detect some types of cancer early when the tumor is small, has not spread, and is therefore easily treatable.
There are many ways to detect cancer early, but most scientists agree that the general trend is to detect proactively, periodically and systematically for a wide range of people, especially those at high risk. have cancer.
Mọi người nên chủ động sàng lọc phát hiện ung thư định kỳ
Scientists have also agreed on a cancer detection method according to 5 requirements: simple, sensitive, reliable, efficient and economical. It is simple and easy to perform, quickly with minimal means, less troublesome for patients, safe, and widely applicable. Sensitivity is the ability to detect disease early with low false-negative rates, clear results with few materials. It is reliable that the false positive rate should also be low. Has the effect of being applicable to many common cancers and in many different locations.
Saving is less effort and cost of implementation. These 5 requirements can be considered as 5 specific criteria, necessary for the evaluation of cancer detection methods. Therefore, screening for early detection of cancer plays an important role.
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