After studying cancer for more than 60 years, the 93-year-old academician summed up five 'anti-cancer prescriptions', which are worth reading
There is a leading figure in the medical field. As an oncologist, Academician Sun Yan has the most contact with cancer patients. The best way to beat cancer, he said, is to not be found by it in the first place.
Most of his life as a doctor has given Academician Sun Yan a better understanding of cancer. He summed up five cancer prevention prescriptions, and listen to the 93-year-old academician's heartfelt words.
1. Don't get angry once a year
Why do mental factors affect cancer? Long-term negative emotions will cause the body to produce a stress response, and an excessive stress response will affect the immunity, and cancer will have the opportunity to take advantage of it.
Academician Sun Yan said that he does not get angry once a year, because life cannot always be satisfactory, and now life is much better than before, why not enjoy life? Whenever he has the opportunity, he and his wife enjoy flowers, take pictures, practice calligraphy, read books and listen to music, etc. These hobbies can calm him down.
A study in The Journal of Clinical Investigation found that chronic emotional stress has an impact on cancer stem cell growth, and chronic emotional stress promotes the development and progression of breast cancer.
Clinically, there is a C-type personality, which is often manifested as often suppressing bad emotions, easily sulking, and getting angry at every turn. Studies have found that people with this type of personality have a higher risk of cancer, about three times more than the average person.
Moreover, the American Cancer Society conducted research on self-healing cancer patients and found that the fundamental reason for the natural regression of cancer is the enhancement of human immunity, and the key is "psychoneural immunity". People who are good at mental conditioning and do not worry too much about diseases, Cancer self-healing rate is relatively high.
2. Immediately leave the table after eating
Academician Sun Yan said that he left the dining table immediately after eating 7 minutes every day when he was full, and would not chat beside the dining table because he was afraid that he could not bear to eat a few more bites.
In addition, he will try to replace the car by foot. Academician Sun Yan is very worried that obesity will lead to an increase in chronic diseases including colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer, and should pay attention to obesity.
Sometimes eating well is not the same as eating well. Eating too much for a long time will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, and may also lead to overnutrition, obesity, diabetes, memory loss, premature aging of the brain, accelerated aging and other hazards.
So how does it count as 7 points full? I feel that the food I have eaten has not filled my stomach, but I have no enthusiasm for the food, and the speed of active eating has slowed down significantly. This is a 7-point full eating experience and feeling.
3. Control smoking like drinking and driving
Academician Sun Yan said that even if he is an oncologist, he does not know when it will become cancerous. But it is clear that many tumors are induced by bad habits, and these bad habits can actually be controlled.
If you are a chef and have a smoking habit, your risk of cancer will be 10 times higher than that of others. Because smoking is very harmful to people, it will increase the incidence of chronic diseases (including cancer). So he suggested that tobacco control should be like drinking and driving, plus other measures such as reducing production and increasing tobacco taxes. To this end, he also persuaded many cancer patients to quit smoking.
In May 2021, researchers from multiple countries formed the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Tobacco Collaborative Group and published the latest research results in the top international medical journal The Lancet.
The results show that in 2019, China ranked first in the world in the number of smokers, tobacco consumption, the total number of deaths due to smoking, and the absolute increase. The number of smokers reached 341 million, and the tobacco consumption was about 2.72 trillion cigarettes. The total number is 2.4 million.
In addition, there are as many as 36 health problems related to smoking, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease, lung cancer and stroke.
Fourth, the same physical examination as the annual inspection of the car
Academician Sun Yan is a person with a family history of cancer. He has a physical examination every year to screen for early cancer and precancerous lesions. Academician Sun Yan believes that the key to reducing cancer incidence and mortality in China is to control precancerous lesions and early cancers. Just like a car, even if you don’t drive it a few times, you have to send it for last year’s inspection. The annual health checkup is like the annual car inspection. Don’t wait for the brakes to break and go to the bottom of the bridge, it will be too late.
The following are early screening methods for several common cancers:
Lung cancer: Check low-dose thin-slice CT, high-risk groups are over 50 years old, smoking more than 20 packs/year, passive smoking for more than 20 years, related occupational exposure history, family history of cancer or lung cancer, Manfi group or chronic pulmonary fibrosis chemical history, etc.
Liver cancer: Screening for serological markers, DNA testing, ultrasound. High-risk groups include hepatitis B virus infection, history of chronic hepatitis B, hepatitis C or liver cirrhosis, etc.
Colorectal cancer: early screening through colonoscopy, DNA, and FIT. High-risk groups include those over 50 years old, with a family history of intestinal polyposis, fond of high-fat, high-calorie foods, smoking and drinking, colon adenoma syndrome, chronic ulcerative colitis, intestinal schistosomiasis granuloma, etc.
Breast cancer: screening breast ultrasound, mammography. High-risk groups include those over 40 years old, nulliparous, late childbearing (first child after 35 years old) or no breastfeeding history, family history of breast cancer, menstruation before 12 years old or menopause after 55 years old, etc.
**Esophageal cancer:**Gastroscopy screening. High-risk groups include those with a family history of cancer , living in areas with a high incidence of esophageal cancer,People with bad eating habits, people with precancerous diseases or lesions of esophageal cancer, etc.
Gastric cancer : gastroscopic screening. High-risk groups include those with a family history of cancer, those with poor dietary habits and long-term left upper quadrant discomfort, those with chronic gastric ulcers, gastric polyps, and chronic atrophic gastritis, etc.
Five, the law of life, try not to stay up late
Ensuring that you sleep on time at night and take a one-hour break at noon is one of Academician Sun Yan's health secrets. After the age of 80, Academician Sun Yan refuses evening activities and any meetings at noon.
A study published in the journal "Alzheimer's & Dementia" showed that lack of sleep or lack of sleep when it's time to sleep increases the deposition of amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain, increasing the risk of Alzheimer's disease. risk of silent disease.
The National Sleep Foundation gives a recommendation for sleep time for various age groups, but it is normal to have individual differences.
Many studies have shown that cancer is preventable. Daily adjustment of diet, improvement of daily routine, cultivating exercise habits, maintaining a happy mood, and doing a good job in early cancer screening and precancerous lesions treatment can all help reduce the incidence of cancer.
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