I will explain it in two parts: how do doctors evaluate the cure of malignant tumors and how to cure early breast cancer?
First, what is the cure of malignant tumor?
① Cure mechanism:
After various systematic treatments, the lesions disappeared and no cancer cells were detected in the human body. And it will not recur for a long time until the patient dies of other reasons. This is the cure of malignant tumor!
② How to evaluate, in other words, how do doctors know that patients are "cured"?
Within 5 years after systematic treatment, there was no recurrence or progress, and various auxiliary examination indexes, such as color Doppler ultrasound, CT, MRI and PETCT, were within the normal range. Clinically, this is the standard of cure.
Second, how to cure early breast cancer?
This is a common concern and effort of patients and doctors. I tell a real patient's case, her cure:
A 40-year-old woman accidentally found a peanut-sized tumor in her left breast, which was painless and had nipple discharge. She came to the hospital for treatment.
Physical examination: the left breast is 6 cm away from the nipple at 2 o'clock. The tumor is hard, with poor mobility and dimple sign.
Breast cancer is highly suspected, followed by color Doppler ultrasound and molybdenum target examination. The results are as follows:
After communicating with the patient, the operation was performed. The pathological report was: nonspecific invasive carcinoma of the left breast, and breast-conserving surgery was performed in combination with the patient's wishes.
After operation, 8 cycles of chemotherapy and 1 course of radiotherapy were performed. So far, the recovery is good.
Every time the patient comes, he is in high spirits, which shows one thing: good recovery and cure are the result of the joint efforts of the patient and the doctor.
Therefore, the cure of breast cancer lies in: early detection and early treatment. After clicking "Follow" in the upper right corner, read more articles about my breast health!
It's entirely possible, and it's quite possible. Of course, if you insist on 100% guarantee, you really can't guarantee 100% cure. Can only say probability, can't guarantee the safety in daily life and work.
No matter from what aspect, breast cancer can be said to be one of the representatives of "fortunately in misfortune". The breast is an organ on the body surface. Breast cancer is relatively easy to be found early, and there are effective early screening methods for breast cancer. As long as you pay enough attention to it, it is not difficult to find it early. Unlike some cancers such as pancreatic cancer, it is difficult to find it early even if you want to pay attention to it. As long as we can find it early, it will be easy. Most early cancers are highly likely to be cured, especially breast cancer. So, you ask, can breast cancer be cured at an early stage? Of course it's possible. 43 years old, which is not too young or too old. Generally speaking, the prognosis of breast cancer in older women will be better. In fact, the prognosis of breast cancer depends on other aspects besides staging, one of which is biological characteristics. For example, ER/PR positive breast cancer has a better prognosis than triple negative breast cancer or HER-2 positive breast cancer.
If it is advanced, is it incurable? No, the second lucky thing about breast cancer is that even in the advanced stage, there are many drugs available, and anti-tumor drugs are sensitive. Through comprehensive treatment, it is not surprising that some advanced breast cancers can live for seven or eight years, and more than ten years. This can be said to be a chronic disease. Therefore, we must pay attention to the treatment strategy arrangement and management of advanced breast cancer.