emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis at every opportunity while informing against it. While talking about cancer types, Op. Dr. Sinan Sayır from Silivri State Hospital General Surgery Department also drew attention to the importance of early diagnosis and screening programs. Op. Dr. Sayır said that smoking is the leading cause of many cancers and that people should listen to their complaints.
“CIGARETTE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN MANY CANCERS”
Emphasizing that early diagnosis is of great importance in cancer, General Surgery Specialist Op. Dr. Sinan Sayır said, “In addition to genetic factors that cause cancer, there are also many environmental factors, obesity is one of them. Increased use of cigarettes and chemical foods for lung and bladder cancers. Cigarettes are one of the most important factors in many cancers. My most important suggestion is; first, not to smoke, second, to consume more natural foods instead of foods with toxic content and high chemical components, and third, to use diagnostic methods more.
Early diagnosis is really important and life-saving especially in breast cancer. People with persistent cough, phlegm, persistent bloody phlegm, chest pain, weight loss, and history of smoking related to lung cancer, one of the most common types of cancer, should definitely see a specialist. Early diagnosis makes it much more treatable by catching the mass before it reaches a smaller metastatic size. Digestive system cancers are also very important. There is a saying among the public; it spreads when a knife hits it, this is not true.
Under appropriate conditions and circumstances, every type of cancer should be intervened at the appropriate time. The lesion that you do not touch grows even more and first spreads to the neighboring lymph nodes, then spreads to the whole body, organs such as the liver, lungs, bones, brain and metastasizes and can reach a size that will no longer respond to treatment. Herbs can be harmful or they can do nothing and grow on their own with the existing lesion. It can become uncontrollable. Preventive medicine is very important, factors that cause cancer should be avoided, he said.
“THE STAGE HAS ARRIVED IN 4 DIMENSIONS”
Stating that people should care about their complaints, Op. Dr. Sayır said, “Smoking for lung cancer or smoking for colorectal, stomach, bladder, prostate, breast should be minimized and should not be used. Obesity is one of the most important factors in breast cancer. Obesity is one of the causes of colorectal and colon cancers, it should be avoided. When there is a symptom, it should come earlier, not wait. For example, if a person with bleeding in the anal region is accompanied by constipation, abdominal bloating, and has a family history of cancer, they should see a specialist earlier and screenings should be done earlier.
A patient I operated on just a week ago, had a colon tumor that he was unaware of, and came with complaints of occasional abdominal bloating. Finally, the tumor completely blocked the colon, causing severe expansion in the upper part. Finally, the intestine perforated. This patient had complaints such as constipation and rectal bleeding, but did not come.
If it had come early, the surgery might not have been so aggressive. Regarding the breast, they forced a patient to come, she didn’t want to come, the mass in her breast had grown quite a bit outward. When we came back, the tests we did showed metastatic to both the lymph nodes and the bones.
Now, before anything we can do, oncology needs to look at it. It came in stage 4, yet this patient knew that there was a lump in her breast beforehand. It was a small lesion, if it had come beforehand, if we had made the diagnosis early with an ultrasound, mammography, if necessary, a biopsy, if the necessary surgery and oncological treatment had been performed, perhaps it would have been cured, and we have many patients like this. Every woman needs to examine her breasts regularly from the age of 20 onwards.
If she encounters any lesion, she should definitely see a specialist. After the age of 40, every woman should definitely come for a mammogram once a year and an ultrasound once a year at periodic intervals. There is nothing to be ashamed of, otherwise the cancer can reach a much more advanced stage. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that can be seen in one out of every 10 women throughout their lives.”
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