News like "2-year-old boy died early because of stomach cancer" and "28-year-old girl died unfortunately because of breast cancer" are endless. We gradually realize that cancer is getting closer and closer to the younger generation.

In fact, with the rapid development of modern medical level, most malignant tumors are likely to be cured, but the premise is to find them early! For example, it takes 1 years from benign polyps in the large intestine to malignant tumors; Another example is gastric cancer, which takes about 1 years from chronic atrophic gastritis to gastric cancer.

However, the vast majority of young people have never had gastrointestinal endoscopy, and even have no awareness of endoscopic examination during physical examination. Therefore, once the vast majority of cancer patients are discovered, they are in the middle and late stages. It can be seen that the key to prevent cancer lies in early detection and early treatment.

so, how can we find the problem early? After all, many potential malignant diseases have no obvious clinical manifestations in the early stage.

first, we should have regular physical examination and early screening.

For example, for people over 4 years old, gastrointestinal endoscopy items should be added during physical examination, especially for some high-risk groups (family genetic history, environment, bad eating habits, clinical discomfort symptoms, etc.). In order to prevent prostate cancer, men are advised to check PSA (prostate specific antigen) every two years from 5 to 7 years old, and those with family history need to start monitoring earlier. In order to prevent the occurrence of breast cancer, women over the age of 4 suggest doing mammography once a year.

second, you need to know your family history. That is to say, it is clear whether there is a certain disease in family members and whether the disease has a genetic tendency. Because the younger the onset age of malignant tumor, the higher its genetic correlation with the family.

third, the most important thing is actually self-control. After all, the occurrence of cancer is multifactorial, and the environment, genetics and so on are beyond our control. However, we can choose a healthier lifestyle to prevent the occurrence of cancer.