Cancer cells attack retired teachers in turn, and their breasts have fallen off one after another in the past eight years.
A 58-year-old retired female teacher, who has no family history of breast cancer, first discovered an abnormal mass on the right eight years ago. The tumor was diagnosed as stage 3 of HER2 breast cancer, nearly 3 cm in size, and the cancer cells had metastasized to lymph nodes. So, she underwent * * * resection and implanted an artificial blood vessel in her left chest for chemotherapy and targeted therapy. For a long time, the patient's condition has been well controlled, but I didn't expect that a tumor with a size of 0.7 cm appeared in the left chest during the recent routine follow-up visit.
Du Shixing, deputy dean of the Cancer Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Taipei Medical College and director of the * * * Medical Center, said that according to the standard treatment, an artificial blood vessel will be placed in the patient's right chest first, and chemotherapy drugs and targeted drugs will be infused intravenously. However, because the patient's breast has undergone plastic reconstruction surgery, it is not easy to find peripheral veins, so subcutaneous injection will be used instead of targeted drugs, which not only saves the trouble of artificial blood vessel implantation, but also greatly shortens the treatment time.
Is HER2 breast cancer malignant? Target therapy subverts old impressions.
Dr. Du Shixing said that HER2 positive breast cancer accounts for about 20% to 25% of all breast cancer people, and patients will cause excessive proliferation, recurrence and even distant metastasis of breast cancer cells due to over-expression of HER2 gene. After this kind of early patients are diagnosed, they usually need to receive 1 year anti-HER2 targeted therapy and chemotherapy for about half a year.
At present, both intravenous injection and subcutaneous injection are within the scope of medical insurance, but the former treatment requires more than 1 hour of infusion time and artificial blood vessels; The latter can be directly injected into the subcutaneous part of the thigh without the assistance of artificial blood vessels, and the treatment can be completed in about 5 minutes, which is relatively in line with busy modern people.
The annual increase of breast cancer in China is1.2000 cases. Regular check-ups began at the age of 20.
Dr. Du Shixing reminded that in the event of unfortunate breast cancer, women should bravely accept formal treatment, do not escape with an ostrich mentality, and do not listen to folk remedies that have not been proved by empirical medicine, so as not to lose their precious lives. In addition, faced with the threat of about 1.2 million new cases of breast cancer every year, female friends should try to avoid long-term use of hormones, exercise more, stay away from high-fat foods, tobacco and alcohol, and develop the habit of regular check-ups.
It should be noted that the formal * * * examination here means that female friends receive palpation from * * * specialists every two to three years after they are fully developed and about 20 years old; For people aged 45 ~ 69 who are prone to breast cancer, it is recommended to have a * * * photographic examination every two years to facilitate early detection and early treatment.
Female friends should be fully developed, about 20 years old, and palpated by a specialist of * * * every two to three years; For people aged 45 ~ 69 who are prone to breast cancer, it is recommended to have a * * * photographic examination every two years.