肺癌是在肺部形成的一种癌症。当肺部细胞不受控制地生长并形成肿瘤,便会发生肺癌1,2.
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肺癌是在肺部形成的一种癌症。当肺部细胞不受控制地生长并形成肿瘤,便会发生肺癌1,2.
肺癌有两种主要类型:
肺癌是马来西亚第三常见癌症,占2020年新癌症病例的
肺癌是全球最致命的癌症,在2020年造成
人死亡5.
将近
的肺癌在确诊时已经是晚期6.
以下这些因素可能会增加您罹患肺癌的风险:
吸烟
曾进行放射治疗
接触二手烟
接触氡气
肺癌家族史
接触石棉和其它致癌物
许多肺癌患者在早期没有表现出任何明显体征或症状,这也使得早期检测变得极具挑战性。然而,您仍可以留意以下迹象与症状:
久咳不愈或咳嗽的情况变得严重
感到疲倦或虚弱
咳血或咳出铁锈色的黏液或痰
久治不愈或反复发生的炎症如支气管炎或肺炎
胸痛
(深呼吸、咳嗽或大笑时会加剧)
食欲不振
呼吸急促
不明原因的
体重下降
如果您发现任何这些体兆或症状,请与您的医生详谈。
下载癌症筛查优惠券
由于大部分早期的肺癌病例的非特异性或轻微症状,大多数的肺癌在发现时已是晚期7,9。因此,我们必须通过筛查及早发现肺癌,以提高疗效和癌症存活率10。
*备注: 这些标准是根据国际NELSON和美国肺癌筛查试验的建议,并根据大马癌症登记资料库的流行病学数据进一步修正6,11,12。目前大马还没有关于肺癌筛查标准的当地指南。
肺癌之所以是最致命的癌症之一皆因为大多数病例过迟的被诊断。因此,如果您具有患肺癌的风险,请马上进行检测与筛查。若您出现任何体征或症状,请咨询医生。
请记住,及早诊断将可以提高生存机率。
参考:
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2. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), 2020. NCCN Guideline for Patients – Lung Cancer Screening. Available at https://www.nccn.org/patients/guidelines/content/PDF/lung_screening-patient.pdf. Last
accessed 24 July 2021.
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July 2021.
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6. Ministry of Health. Malaysia Cancer Registry Report 2012-2016. (pg 17, 39).
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10. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), 2014. NCCN Clinical Practice Guideline in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) – Lung Cancer Screening; Version 2.
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Ooijen PMA, Aerts JGJV, den Bakker MA, Thunnissen E, Verschakelen J, Vliegenthart R, Walter JE, ten Haaf K, Groen HJM, Oudkerk M. Reduced lung-cancer mortality with volume CT screening in a randomized trial. N
Engl J Med. 2020;382:503–13. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1911793
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mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening. The New England journal of medicine, 365(5), 395–409. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1102873
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