Refreshing drink coffee, beware of pancreatic cancer upper body

Recently, the famous tenor Pavarotti died of pancreatic cancer. On the one hand, the news of his death made people all over the world feel sad, on the other hand, it also aroused great concern about pancreatic cancer. To this end, the reporter interviewed pancreatic oncology experts yesterday to learn about the prevention and treatment of pancreatic cancer.

The early symptoms are not obvious

According to Professor Wang Jie of the Pancreatic Cancer diagnosis and treatment Center of the second affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, pancreatic cancer mostly occurs in the pancreas, accounting for about 1% of systemic tumors, accounting for 8% of digestive tract tumors, accounting for 8% of gastrointestinal tumors. It is a common digestive tract tumor. The onset of the disease is hidden, the disease progresses rapidly, and the degree of malignancy is high. It is known as "the king of cancer". Patients are often found and diagnosed in the late stage, which affects the resection rate. Moreover, pancreatic cancer is insensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and there are very few non-operative treatments available. Surgical resection is the only way to achieve a radical cure at present.

"although the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are not obvious, there are still some discernible symptoms, but patients tend to confuse these symptoms with symptoms of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases." Professor Wang said, "the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are epigastric discomfort, dull pain, bloating pain, loss of appetite or changes in eating habits, especially do not like greasy and high animal protein foods. In addition, weight loss, fatigue and significant weight loss are early symptoms that are significantly different from other tumors. Jaundice is the most common symptom and most patients come to see a doctor because of jaundice. "

Jaundice can be detected at an early stage, but it is not necessarily an early symptom. Generally, pancreatic cancer found because of jaundice is in the middle and advanced stage. And when the jaundice deepens, the color of the stool becomes lighter and finally shows clay color. The urine is yellow, even soy sauce. With the deepening of jaundice, there can also be skin itching symptoms. "

Professor Wang said that in recent years, the incidence of pancreatic cancer has increased significantly worldwide. However, up to now, the etiology of pancreatic cancer is unknown, but medical research continues to find that it may be related to unhealthy lifestyle, heredity, environment and other factors. Among them, unhealthy lifestyle has a greater impact on the general population.

Smoking, eating sweets and drinking coffee are the most likely to get pancreatic cancer.

"people are more aware that eating too many desserts may lead to diabetes, in fact, eating too many desserts may also lead to pancreatic cancer. Studies have found that people who drink sugary drinks twice a day have a much higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer than people who never drink sugary drinks, because eating too many sweets can increase the burden on the pancreas, which can lead to cancer if the pancreas is overwhelmed. " Professor Wang Jie said.

Professor Wang pointed out, "alcoholism is easy to damage body organs and affect health, and many people know that drinking too much coffee can also affect health and cause cancer. Drinking too much coffee and alcohol can cause an increase in gastrin secretion, which may lead to pancreatic cancer. Now many people think that drinking coffee is refreshing and fashionable, especially the office white-collar workers. So they generally have the habit of having a cup of espresso in the morning and evening, and when they need to work overtime at night, they drink one cup after another until their stomach is swollen. In fact, even if there is nothing wrong with the pancreas, there will be a problem with the stomach. "

In addition to Pavarotti's beautiful voice, the huge figure also left a deep impression on everyone. Perhaps it is such a figure that has laid a great hidden danger to his health. " Professor Wang continued, "it is also clear that obese bodies undoubtedly need to eat a lot of high-fat, high-cholesterol foods, but these foods tend to promote the development of pancreatic cancer." It should also be noted that high-fat, high-protein meat is more delicious and tastes good after fried, but it is very unhealthy. This is because during cooking, the high temperature of oil causes amino acids and proteins in meat to break down into heterocyclic aromatic amines that cause pancreatic cancer. "

Professor Wang Jie said that according to a large number of clinical observations, the sooner pancreatic cancer is discovered and the sooner it can receive systematic treatment, the more it can improve the chances of survival and prolong the life span. He also suggested that the general public should develop good eating and living habits, and try to have less sugar, less meat, less oil and more vegetables in their daily diet.