The incidence has soared 20 times!This kind of cancer female incidence

Recently, my country's latest cancer report was released at the National Cancer Center Magazine (JNCC). The data showed that from 2000 to 2016, the incidence of thyroid cancer increased by 20 times in 16 years.

Thyroid cancer rose straight among the female groups. According to the cancer spectrum released by the Zhejiang Tumor Prevention Office last year, the first disease in Zhejiang was thyroid cancer, accounting for 18.78%of women's new cases.

Obviously, the awareness of anti -cancer is getting stronger and stronger. Why is the incidence higher and higher? How to protect the fragile thyroid? Listen to experts.

Don't panic

Patients have become more because of scientific and technological progress, screening and popularization

At present, the incidence of thyroid cancer in Zhejiang Province has risen significantly. Data show that in 2000, the age of standardization of thyroid cancer in Zhejiang Province was 275/100,000, and by 2012, it reached 19.42/100,000. In 2016, it was 3715/100,000. Thyroid cancer was particularly good in young and middle -aged women.

Zhejiang Tumor Prevention Office released the latest cancer spectrum data in Zhejiang Province

The data comes from the "2019 Annual Report of Tumor Registration in Zhejiang Province".

Is it because of the obvious thyroid cancer because we did something wrong?

Some people will blame environmental pollution, iodine factors, staying up late, stress, etc., which may not be. The increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer is not a unique phenomenon in Zhejiang and even China. It has shown a tendency to rise in most countries and regions around the world in recent decades.

The Chief Physician of Lu Guowen, the Affiliated People's Hospital of Ningbo University (Puzhou People's Hospital), told reporters that the high -risk factors of thyroid cancer known in the medical community, including the history of head and neck radiation radiation (such as leukemia patients) or the history of radioactive contact And the family history of thyroid cancer.

Lu Guowen (right)

With the significant increase in high -risk factors, the significant increase in the number of diagnosis and the widespread use of modern diagnostic technologies such as ultrasound examination has a lot to do.

"Now the accuracy and sensitivity of color Doppler ultrasound are far better than the past. Even a small nodule of 2 to 3 mm can be clearly detected, resulting in the discovery of diseases such as thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer." Lu Guowen said Essence

The chief physician of Ding Jinhua, chief physician of the Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, mentioned that the incidence of thyroid cancer is also very related to the popularization of screening and medical examinations. "In the past, the neck was not used as a screening project for conventional medical examinations. Now the color Doppler ultrasound of thyroid cancer has been popularized, and there are naturally more cases of sieved."

It is understood that from 2011 to 2015, Li Huili Hospital of Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital performed a total of nearly 3,000 cases of thyroid cancer surgery, with an average of about 600 cases per year. From 2016 to 2020, the data rose straight, with a total of nearly 6,500 cases. The operation exceeded 1600 cases.

The incidence of sharp increase in mortality is extremely low

Some doctors have encountered only one example in 20 years

Although the incidence of thyroid cancer has increased sharply around the world, the number of thyroid cancer deaths has not increased significantly, and even steadily decreases.

It can be said that thyroid cancer is a relatively "good" malignant tumor.

Thyroid malignant nodules, also known as thyroid cancer, mainly have four types of papillary cancer, filter -like cancer, marrow -like cancer, and undifferentiated cancer. According to Lu Guowen, the proportion of nipple -shaped cancer accounts for about 85%, but it is also a relatively low degree of danger. Follow -like cancer and marrow -like cancer account for only about 10%and 3%, respectively. High; the most dangerous non-differentiated cancer accounts for about 1-2%, mostly common in the elderly, with high degree of malignant and rapid progress.

For 18 years, patients with thyroid cancer encountered by Lu Guowen were only individuals, and they were basically unbiasedly differentiated. From discovery to death, it may be only one year.

According to Ding Jinhua, in the past two decades, only one of the patients with thyroid cancer who took over. It was a 60 -year -old man who found that he had died of respiratory failure due to tumor compression.

Ding Jinhua said that there is no need to panic in the high incidence of thyroid cancer. As long as it is scientifically regulated, 95%of thyroid cancer can be cured.

Pay attention to the 4 signals of thyroid cancer

The thyroid gland is located in front of the trachea and is a neighbor with the trachea, esophageal, and vocal cords. Therefore, changes in breathing, swallowing, and sound may be related to thyroid. Ding Jinhua reminded that the following four symptoms may be signal sent by thyroid, which should be paid attention to.

First, neck lumps or swelling. The most common symptoms of thyroid cancer are lumps, nodules, or swelling near the bottom of the neck, but not all lumps mean cancer. Studies have shown that 50%of people over the age of 60 have certain types of thyroid nodules, of which only a small part is cancer tumor. Therefore, it is important to check the lumps, but there is no need to panic.

Second, it is difficult to swallow. Thyroid tumors sometimes compress the esophagus and cause difficulty swallowing. Most of them are solid foods that are often difficult to swallow, such as bread and meat. Generally, liquids are not affected.

Third, continue to be hoarse. Occasionally, the sound changes usually do not need to worry, but if the sound becomes very hoarse for no reason, and it lasts for a while, it should be alert to the tumor affect the vocal cords.

Fourth, chronic cough or shortness of breath. In rare cases, the tumor may be so large that the esophagus can cause shortness of breath or chronic cough.

How to check yourself?

In front of the mirror, the head leaned back slightly, exposing the neck.

See if both sides of the neck are symmetrical and swollen;

Two swallowed water, find the thyroid gland of the upper and lower movement of swallowing; whether the thyroid gland has a soft drum bag, a small mass, or a hard nodule.If you find nodules and lumps, you should go to the hospital for investigation as soon as possible.

At the age of 35, I started screening

Lu Guowen reminded that after the age of 35, especially women, it is best to do thyroid function tests and thyroid color Doppler ultrasound every 5 years; women with pregnancy must perform thyroid function tests; before pregnancy, women are recommended to screen related indicators such as thyroid hormones (TSH).

In addition, try to avoid environmental toxins such as heavy metals, ionizing radiation, pesticides, etc. in life; be alert to estrogen -containing cosmetics and health products; actively exercise the body and improve the body's immunity.

Source: Ningbo Evening News

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