Doctors at the Oncology Center reveal that “Liver Cancer” really kills quickly. Is “Liver Cancer” really the most deadly?
Cancer affects the country’s public health system. According to statistics from 2022, there were 183,541 new cancer patients out of a total population of 70,078,198 people, and ” Liver Cancer” is the number 1 cause of death for Thais from all cancers and is ranked 4th in the world after China, India, and the United States.
However, “liver cancer” may be a cancer that has an image or creates a perception for some people that liver cancer often causes death quickly. But that may be just a perception when the patient’s liver cancer has reached the final stage. In fact, “liver cancer” is not a dangerous cancer. There are also warning signs that if we know in advance, we can prevent it. For the distorted belief that liver cancer is the most dangerous cancer, Dr. Chomthana Siripaiboon, Director of the Oncology Center, Chulabhorn Hospital, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, revealed to Women about the severity of liver cancer that is still inaccurate. Because in reality, liver cancer can be treated if detected early.
“Liver cancer” kills quickly. Is this still correct?
“The cause of liver cancer is something we can prevent. It’s like we know what the risk factors are, while we don’t know the cause of many cancers. For example, lung cancer, as reported in the news that a doctor suddenly got sick at a young age, got an X-ray and the cancer spread to his lungs, and then he died. But liver cancer doesn’t behave like that. It doesn’t come and become liver cancer. But most of the time, there are warning signs or there is a risk before. So it’s not the same.
For example, when we screen, we might start with the risk group. In the past, if it was hepatitis B or C, it could tell us that there was a high risk of liver cancer. In fact, Thais encounter a lot of hepatitis B and C viruses. So both of them can cause liver cancer. But at the same time, if it’s something that can be prevented so that it doesn’t progress, we have to treat it from the time it’s a virus. Because when it’s a viral infection, it can still be treated because there are good drugs that can control the virus level or keep it low or undetectable. And when we detect it and can eliminate this risk factor, it doesn’t progress to liver cancer.
Because in reality, the sequence of liver cancer, such as in the สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน case of a viral infection, and if the patient smokes and drinks alcohol, then it will turn into cirrhosis. When the liver is cirrhosis, it will progress to liver cancer. Therefore, we can stop this since the virus infection. If we can control it well, it will not continue.
In addition, when it comes to drinking alcohol, there are warnings about how much to drink and how much not to drink. Actually, we know this, but nowadays, most people think that drinking a lot is fine. Everyone still lives their lives. But everything we know is a preventable risk factor.
At present, if we have diabetes or fatty liver for a long time, it increases the risk of liver cancer. Therefore, these factors become a matter of eating and living. Sometimes we are not careful. Therefore, it is not just heart disease, brain disease. It turns out that these diseases, if they are present for a long time, can also cause liver cancer. In addition, obesity is also something that can cause liver cancer.
Therefore, what I want to say is that if patients have an annual health check-up, they usually do not miss out on warning signs or abnormalities, such as liver function tests or abdominal ultrasounds. Therefore, liver cancer is not like other cancers. There are usually things that come first, but patients do not pay attention or notice. For example, liver cancer may start with symptoms of bloating and indigestion. But when it grows, we can prevent it. Therefore, we must observe, catch it, and not be careless.”