51-Year-Old Smoker Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer in Health Check-Up: Importance of Early Detection

Mr Lin, 51 years old, has a long history of smoking. As a businessman, he often works overtime.

Colonoscopy revealed 3 polyps and 1 had developed into colorectal carcinoma in situ.

Recently, he went to the health management hospital to arrange a positive profile health check-up Considering his long-term smoking history and his dietary habits which favors eating foods high in fat and which he does not like vegetables, gastrointestinal endoscopy and low-dose lung monitoring were specifically introduced. in this health study related to chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by long-term smoking.

The doctor who explained the report then performed a colonoscopy on him and found three polyps of different sizes as an adenomatous polyp with a high risk of cancer, greater than 1 cm in size He also performed a polypectomy endoscope. Fortunately, it was detected early and the cancer cells were only in the epithelial cell layer During the polypectomy, the cancer cells were removed at the same time.

Colorectal cancer can be staged and regressed in this way

Liang Chengchao, deputy director of the Health Management Hospital, explained that the stage of colorectal cancer is mainly based on the depth of tumor invasion of the intestinal mucosa, the presence or absence of lymph node invasion, and distant metastasis. At present, in the clinical treatment of colorectal cancer, the most fortunate thing is when the colorectal cancer is found at stage 0 (carcinoma in situ), it only needs a colonoscopy to remove the tumor, however, if the tumor is too large or the margins after resection are not clean, there will be tumors.

Almost asymptomatic, mostly discovered during a health check-up

Because colorectal cancer does not have obvious symptoms when it develops in the early stages, most of the symptoms are in the late stage when symptoms appear Liang Chengchao said that the symptoms of colorectal cancer in situ are almost asymptomatic, and most of them are. discovered accidentally as a result of health tests This is why high-risk groups are always asked to be proactively screened early and regularly.

Pay attention to the risk factors for colorectal cancer These people are high risk groups.

Liang Chengchao also reminded that most people think that smoking only affects the lungs, but in fact it also increases the risk of colorectal cancer. In addition to smoking, risk factors for colorectal cancer include: age (over 50 years), family history, ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, obesity, high fat diet, red meat, low fiber diet and consumption alcohol, etc. , if you have the above factors, you are a high-risk group for colorectal cancer.

It is worth noting that colorectal cancer is a type of cancer that can be prevented through health checks, and the earlier it is detected, the higher the prognosis and the survival rate. With proactive screening, as long as the disease is detected in stage 0-1 in time, the five-year survival rate can be as high as more than 90%.

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