Cancer after 30 years of smoking
Mr. Nguyen Van D. (Dien Chau, Nghe An) went to Hanoi to examine with tumors in the tongue.Mr. D said that the small tumor appeared for a few months but he did not see signs of pain recently only wagging like cauliflower, making eating and drinking inconvenient, so he went to the doctor.
At Nghe An Oncology Hospital, Mr. D was diagnosed with tongue cancer but he did not believe it so he went to Hanoi to check again.Doctors tested, cytically biopsy and also concluded that tongue cancer.
Mr. D did not think his tongue could also have cancer.The doctor appointed to cut 1/3 of the tongue.
Or the case of Mr. Ngo Van H. (62 years old, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi) smoking for 30 years.Recently, his mouth appeared an ulcer.Mr. H thought of the heat, so he did not treat it but changed the diet of cool but did not work.
Over the past two weeks, the ulcer became bigger and bigger, and it was easy for bleeding to bleed.The doctor suspected of cancer should introduce Mr. H to a specialized hospital for examination.The results of cytological biopsy diagnosed him with oral floor cancer.
Mr. H said this ulceration point appeared for about two months at first a bit uncomfortable but he did not go to check but lived with it because he did not think it was cancer.
What signs to remember
Dr.Nguyen Huy Canh - Deputy Head of Experimental Medicine Department, Central Military Hospital 108 said most of the mucosal cancer and jaw areas have not been clearly divided.
However, recently it has been conceived that oral cancer includes: tongue cancer, oral cancer, cheek mucosa, soft password cancer, hard cancer, cancer of the triangular area... oral cavity cancer accounts for about 10 - 12% of the total number of cancer.
PhD.The scene shows that studies suggest that the cause of cancer in the oral cavity is much related to alcohol, tobacco, due to poor oral hygiene, chronic bacterial infections, people with Epstein - Bar virus infection.However, the mechanism so far the above causes are not clear.
The ulcer in the mouth for a long time can think of cancer
Symptoms of oral cavity cancer are often easier to see and more direct examination of cancer lesions such as pharyngeal, esophagus, stomach ... so it can be detected early if it is examined early, the prognosis of treatmentIt will be good.
Functional symptoms often appear early and often affect eating and pronunciation, pain and bleeding.So if the patient has these symptoms, you should go to examination and monitor to detect the disease early.
The most important physical symptom to be able to detect early in the oral cavity cancer is:
Ulcer lesions:Often rough bottoms, maybe ulcerative or papillae covered with necrotic organizations, stinking, easy to bleed, touching rugged bankClear, and can see infiltration to the surrounding areas and organization.
Damage:Usually small, rough buds, like soup - cauliflower, can combine ulcers, bleeding.
Because physical damage is mainly damage to warts, ulcers, bleeding ... so people recommend that people with ulcerative damage, but exist in a fixed position for more than 1 month to indicate biopsy to give a biopsy toDetermine the nature of damage.
In many cases, patients with mouth ulcers lasting subjective do not come to the examination but for a long time until the disease is discovered regularly, it is quite late because the cancer in the oral cavity metastases quite early.
Cancer metastasesIn the head lymph nodes often occur early, especially with the cancer of the tongue and mouth floor.
The earliest is metastases on the groups under the chin, under the edge of the jaw and neck lymph nodes, which can be metastatic on one side that can also metastasize on both sides.The enlarged lymphadenopathy causes breathing in the airway, invading large blood vessels, causing shortness of breath, headache, and necrosis that causes massive bleeding in the jaw, leading to a very fast death.
Dr. Canh said the early detection of prognosis is very good, so small ulcers in the mouth, which exists for a long time, especially those over 40 years old should be biopsy to determine the damage.It is not advisable to let the bonuses that have ulcers and infections should be late, and the disease is late and the cancer organization has gone to the base, the effectiveness of treatment will be very low.