很多人都聽說過癌症分做四期, 第一期最早, 第四期最後, 所以很多人的印象第四期即是末期等於"冇得醫", 這個是一個很多人的誤解, 雖然第四期是最後一期但不代表沒有治療, 癌症的治療在最近十幾二十年可以說是翻天覆地的變化, 由20多年前開始有乳癌標靶藥, 到十幾年前有肺癌標靶藥, 到最近五六年有免疫治療, 使到癌症即使去到第四期也有大量的新治療手段 , 比起以前只是化療和電療, 變化可以說是非常驚人, 現在有很多人即使是第四期癌症, 透過服用標靶藥物, 可以在很長的時間把腫瘤控制得非常好, 使到病人完全感覺不到自己有癌症, 如常生活甚至工作, 使到很多人腫瘤變成一個慢性病. 就像糖尿和血壓一樣一天一顆藥完全沒有什麼感覺, 更甚者有一部分的第四期癌症病人通過外科手術治療再配合藥物, 也能達到根治和"斷尾"的效果, 從癌症中能夠完全康復
Many people have heard that cancer is divided into four stages, the first stage is the earliest and the fourth stage is the last, so many people have the impression that the fourth stage is the terminal stage and it means no treatment. This is a misconception. Although stage IV is the last stage, it does not mean that there is no treatment. Cancer treatment has undergone tremendous changes in the past ten or twenty years. More than 20 years ago, there were breast cancer targeted drugs, and more than ten years ago, there were lung cancer targeted drugs invented. 5 or 6 years ago, immunotherapy became available, so that even if cancer reaches the fourth stage, there are numerous new treatments. Compared with the era when chemotherapy and radiotherapy were the sole treatment, the change is very amazing. People diagnosed with stage IV cancer, by taking targeted therapy medications, can control tumour well for a long time, and patients do not feel that they have cancer at all. They live normal lives and work as usual, turning cancer into a chronic disease. Cancer treatment is just like diabetes and high blood pressure treatment, by taking a pill every day. What's more, some patients with stage 4 cancer can achieve radical cure and get rid of cancer through surgical treatment and post-operative systemic treatment, they can fully recover from cancer
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16 сен 2024
