After spending nearly 10 million, Lee Chong Wei's cancer cells were cleared! Advanced anti-cancer therapy to treat a variety of cancers

In 2001, Mr. Li Xuejian, an old drama bone, went to the hospital for a check-up due to physical discomfort during the filming of the TV series. He was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. Considering the condition and possible sequelae, he gave up surgical resection and adopted traditional chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy made Mr. Li Xuejian tormented, and his neck was festering. When it was serious, he couldn't drink water, but Li Xuejian still carried it. After about two years of active treatment, he returned to the screen after recovering.

Li Zongwei, a famous badminton player who was also diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, has a completely different choice of treatment methods. He chose "proton therapy" and finally spent 9.36 million to fight cancer successfully .

The high cost of treatment has attracted the attention of many people. At the same time, many people are curious, what exactly is proton therapy? Is the ability to eliminate tumors really that strong? "

1. Lee Chong Wei's self-reported anti-cancer process: 33 times of radiotherapy, his throat was burned

In September 2018, badminton star Li Zongwei was unfortunately diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, but fortunately, it was found early, and more advanced proton diagnosis and treatment technology was adopted for the first time. However, it is shocking that Li Zongwei eliminated all the cancer cells in just over 2 months of proton chemotherapy .

Later, in an interview, when talking about his anti-cancer process, Li Zongwei said: "I have done 33 times of electrotherapy, and my throat is completely broken. I have to spray anesthesia to eat everything . Crying secretly, for myself and for my hard-working family."

"In the 3rd week of treatment, I couldn't eat, I couldn't speak, because the inside of my throat was completely torn, and every time I came to eat, I was in great pain, my mother and wife would force me, but I really can't eat it, but if I can eat it, I will definitely eat it, and in the end I can only use anesthesia, and then swallow it quickly while the medicine is effective."

Although the process was difficult, the results were good and it was all worth it.

2. What is advanced proton therapy?

Many people may have doubts about proton therapy. This treatment method can completely eliminate cancer cells in 2 months. Will there be no side effects? Who else can use it?

Proton therapy is actually a type of radiotherapy. It is called "Ferrari in radiotherapy". It mainly uses "particle accelerators" to cause high-speed protons to cause cancer cells, destroying genetic material and causing them to die, so as to achieve the purpose of anti-cancer.

Proton therapy is not suitable for everyone, and its indications include brain tumors, childhood tumors, head and neck tumors (such as nasopharyngeal cancer, paranasal sinus cancer, etc.), prostate cancer , and more. Compared to other treatments, proton therapy has the following advantages:

1. High accuracy, strong lethality, and few side effects

Because this therapy is mainly characterized by "stereotactic blasting", it can precisely control proton rays in the tumor target area and release the maximum energy, which not only has high accuracy and strong lethality, but also reduces the damage to the spine and other important organs. impact and side effects are also low.

2. The treatment effect is obvious and the cure rate is high

According to relevant data , the effective rate of proton therapy for cancer is over 95%, especially for early stage cancer, and the five-year survival rate is as high as 80% . In the global reports of glioma patients, there is no recurrence after this method, which can be described as a "cancer killer".

However, proton therapy is not "perfect", it also has certain "disadvantages", it is not a panacea, and it is not suitable for everyone, especially cancer patients whose tumor lesions have metastasized and spread in many places (metastasis is the main cause of death of patients), And its treatment cost is relatively high, not everyone can afford it.

Therefore, whether proton therapy is suitable or not needs to be evaluated by a doctor.

In this regard, Professor Yu Jinming, President of Shandong Cancer Hospital, reminded: Proton therapy is not a panacea, it has certain indications, and surgery and other treatment methods are still the basic means of curing cancer . Everyone should treat each treatment rationally. technology.

3. The "fifth therapy" neutron therapy kills cancer cells in as fast as 30 minutes

For the treatment of cancer, the medical community has never stopped exploring. In recent years new treatments have emerged one after another. One of the most advanced cancer treatment methods, neutron therapy (BNCT), has also attracted widespread attention. The technology is expected to be ready for clinical use in 2023.

So what is neutron therapy? To put it simply, it is the latest anti-cancer therapy in recent years. It mainly uses neutrons to have a specific capture reaction with boron in cancer cells, which can produce short-range secondary particles, the diameter of which is the same as that of cancer cells. To achieve directional blasting , so as to achieve the purpose of anti-cancer.

So how does it kill cancer cells step by step?

First of all, what the patient needs to do is a targeted examination, and then a personalized treatment plan is customized according to the individual situation. Then, according to the prescription, the boron drug is injected first, and then the epithermal neutron radiation generated by the neutron therapy device is applied to kill the cancer cells in a targeted manner. This process usually takes about 30-50 minutes .

However, although neutron therapy is good, it is not suitable for everyone. Its indications include head and neck cancer, brain tumor (recurrent malignant glioma), breast cancer, liver cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma , melanoma and other cancers, but it is still in the experimental stage.

It has the following advantages over other treatments:

1. Significant effect in the treatment of recurrent and metastatic tumors

Traditional therapy has no choice but to relapse and metastasize, but neutron therapy has a solution, because it can rapidly deposit a large amount of energy in cancer cells, and has a very high relative biological effect, which can effectively destroy the genetic material of cancer cells and kill recurrence and metastasis. of cancer cells.

2. High precision and small side effects

The therapy can precisely locate cancer cells and achieve targeted killing. While killing cancer cells, it also tries not to harm healthy cells, with minimal side effects.

3. Short treatment time

Neutron therapy has high cell-level precision, so generally speaking, it only takes 30-50 minutes to irradiate once , and the treatment process is painless, which greatly improves the patient's life. quality.

Of course, neutron therapy is only one of the "anti-cancer weapons". With the continuous progress of medical methods, I believe that there will be more methods to treat cancer in the future, which can help more and more cancer patients and let them get rid of cancer. Painful suffering from cancer.

There are many anti-cancer treatment methods, each with its own advantages and disadvantages and indications. Only the one that is suitable for the patient is the best. Therefore, everyone should treat new treatments rationally and not blindly pursue them.

References:

[1] "Anti-cancer powerful, Lee Chong Wei returns to training after receiving proton therapy! The secret of this high-end therapy is here". Popular Science China. 2019-02-23

[2] "Badminton star Lee Chong Wei is back from cancer! A course of treatment makes the cancer cells subside, what is the treatment so powerful! ". Sichuan Cancer Hospital. 2021-11-03

[3] "High-profile boron neutron capture therapy, which cancers can it treat? 》.Hopu's Ark.2021-11-27

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