Why is cancer difficult to treat?

Among the top dangerous diseases such as myocardial infarction, stroke, coma..., cancer is considered the "silent death sentence" that many people fear the most. Not only because of the high mortality rate, this disease also causes millions of families to fall into poverty because of the long and expensive treatment costs.

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Although modern medicine is constantly developing, scientists have not yet found a way to completely cure cancer. Oncologists at Ca Mau General Hospital say that cancer is not just a single disease, but a combination of more than 200 different diseases, each in a different way to attack human cells. Among them, there are individual types that develop extremely quickly, but at the same time, there are also types that silently incubate for years and especially there is no miracle pill that can treat all of them.

Ms. D.TMT (Do Thi Minh Trang), 63 years old, acting in Hamlet 5, Tan Thanh Ward, has stage 3 ovarian cancer, which has now metastasized. She is receiving support and health care at home from staff at Tan Thanh Ward Health Station.

What is more dangerous is that cancer is a disease that originates from within the patient's own body. It is not like some other infectious diseases that are usually infected, penetrated and developed from the outside by viruses and bacteria entering the human body.

Talking about cancer, Dr. Ngo Minh Phuoc, Head of the Department of Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ca Mau Province Center for Disease Control said: "Cancer actually comes from normal cells in the human body. However, for some reason, they mutate and develop, leading to a loss of control. However, the immune cells in the human body cannot recognize this abnormality. Therefore, it is very difficult to destroy dangerous malignant cells."

Ms. NTQ, 39 years old, Tan Thanh Ward, has stage 3 thyroid cancer. Her health is currently declining. Every month, in addition to receiving treatment according to the regimen at Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, she still relies on medical support from the ward's medical staff.

Scientific studies show that cancer does not suddenly appear, but it always developed silently for many years ago and always has symptoms similar to other common diseases. Therefore, if diagnosed only by clinical methods or non-specialized tests, it will be very difficult to detect when the disease is still in the early stages. In addition, cancer cells are also very "good" at adapting to treatment methods, they always know how to find to resist drugs, if irradiated, they will also know how to find gaps to "sneak" through protected cells to attack other tissue cells.

In general, cancer always knows how to mutate genes to learn how to survive. Therefore, when one pill is no longer effective, another pill must be used and it is certain that it is not always possible to deal with them in time.

What is more serious is that cancer can recur at any time. Therefore, many patients who have suffered surgery or have been successfully treated... but only a few years later, the recurrence of cancer cells is even stronger. In fact, cancer can completely lie dormant, just waiting until the body begins to weaken the immune system, then it can develop and attack the human resistance, at which point it is often too late.

Ms. TTP, 78 years old, living in Tan Thanh ward, has liver cancer, her family is in difficult circumstances and is currently being treated at Hoa Hao Hospital. She is still regularly visited by local officials and ward medical staff to check her health and encourage her to feel secure during treatment.

Ms. NTL, born in 1972, reflected in Hamlet 1, An Xuyen Ward, has cervical cancer, shared: “Before, I often had pain in the chest area, dull pain in the lower abdomen and irregular monthly periods, but I thought it was due to irregular periods so the pain was normal. A few months ago, when I went to Cho Ray Hospital for examination, the doctors told me that I had cervical cancer and it had metastasized to the breast gland.”

Cancer is a dangerous disease, difficult to treat, and can return at any time. However, if detected early, the opportunity for treatment is always present. Do not wait until obvious signs appear to see a doctor. Early screening and early treatment are the best "shields" for life.

Phuong Vu

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