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癌症是全球最令人畏懼的疾病之一。治療癌症之所以困難且更具挑戰性,是因為它並非單一疾病,而是一組疾病。總計而言,癌症有超過 100 種不同類型。癌症的成因眾多,既有已知的也有未知的,因此沒有任何單一策略能夠預防癌症。不同的癌症可能需要不同的治療方式,而且多數情況下,必須採用聯合治療方案才能取得良好的治療成效。 此外,個體患者與腫瘤的特性更使癌症治療變得複雜。每位患者對治療的生理反應各異,例如藥物代謝、個人信念體系及文化差異等。同樣地,由於腫瘤生物學特性與異質性的差異,每位患者的腫瘤對相同藥物的反應也可能不同。更複雜的是,已知腫瘤在每次接受治療後都會發生變化或突變。
許多人可能都聽過「癌症緩解」這個詞。但它究竟是什麼意思呢?簡單來說,所謂的緩解,是指體內已無法檢測到癌細胞,且沒有任何症狀的狀態。癌症緩解是指癌細胞數量減少到極低水平,以致不再引起症狀或需要治療的一段期間。在某些情況下,緩解狀態可能持續數年,甚至數十年。
You may have heard of Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori before but you may not know exactly what they are. H. pylori is a type of bacteria that can reside in your stomach and sometimes lead to an infection. While most people with H. pylori experience no symptoms, it can lead to stomach ulcers or even stomach (gastric) cancer in some. Here’s what you need to know about the link between H. pylori and stomach cancer risk.
該如何面對中晚期癌症?若您曾有過這樣的念頭,我們就在這裡為您提供協助。無論您正在等待診斷結果、剛被確診為中晚期癌症,還是正在接受癌症治療,讓我們一起來探討如何應對這段旅程。坦白說,沒有人會對這樣的診斷做好心理準備,而這正是我們要從這裡開始的。
Through the media, we have heard about the number one cancer in Singapore – colorectal cancer, which refers to the cancer of the colon or rectum. Due to the high prevalence of this disease, we may know of someone or heard of someone diagnosed with colorectal cancer. According to data from the Ministry of Health in Singapore, colon cancer is the most common cancer in males and the second most common in females.
脫髮是化療的常見副作用之一,視治療方式而定,患者可能出現頭皮、眉毛、睫毛、手臂、腿部及陰毛脫落的情況。這種副作用可能對心理造成沉重打擊,同時也會影響個人的外在形象與生活品質。