Cov Dab Neeg Tiag: Prostate Cancer

Zoo Siab

• Ua koj tus kheej tshawb nrhiav
• Nrhiav kev kho mob uas haum koj
• Tsis txhob muab yog tias mob cancer rov qab

Txhua xyoo, ntau dua 180,000 tus txiv neej hauv Tebchaws Meskas tau kuaj pom tias muaj tus kabmob prostate. Thaum txhua tus txiv neej txoj kev mob cancer txawv, nws muaj nuj nqis rau kev paub txog lwm tus txiv neej tau mus dab tsi.

Nyeem dab tsi peb txiv neej sib txawv tau ua tom qab kawm txog kev kuaj mob thiab lawv kawm paub dab tsi hauv kev.

Ua koj tus kheej tshawb nrhiav

Ron Lewen zoo siab rau Is Taws Nem thiab tshawb fawb them tawm thaum nws pom tias nws muaj mob qog nqaij hlav cancer. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv zoo siab heev, yog li kuv tsuas tshawb txog qhov no," nws hais.

Lewen, leej twg tau txais kev soj ntsuam ib txwm muaj prostate-antigen (PSA) kev tshuaj ntsuam txij li thaum nws muaj hnub nyoog 50 xyoo, pom tawm thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2012 tias nws cov PSA siab dua li ib txwm. “Lawv tau mus deb dua qhov pib kuv tus kws kho mob tau xis nrog, yog li nws tau siv kuv ib co tshuaj tua kab mob rau hauv yog tias nws muaj mob. Kuv yuav tsum tau sim lwm lub lim piam tom qab. ” Qhov tshwm sim: Nws qib PSA tau nce dua dua. Lewen tus kws kho mob xa nws mus rau qhov ntsuas mob urologist uas ua qhov kev kuaj mob digital ntawm qhov quav thiab kuaj me ntawm nws lub prostate. Txog lub Peb Hlis, nws tau kuaj mob: kab mob qog nqaij hlav cancer thaum ntxov. Nws hais tias, "Kuv tus qhab nia Gleason poob qis, yog li peb ntes tau thaum ntxov," nws hais.

Ntawd yog thaum Lewen's Internet sleuthing txawj them tawm. Nws pib tshawb nrhiav nws cov kev kho mob. Vim tias nws hnyav 380 phaus, kev phais mob ib txwm tsis mus ua haujlwm. Tus kws ntsuas hluav taws xob pom zoo siv hluav taws xob lossis tshuaj tua kab mob hlwb, kev kho mob hauv cov noob hluav taws xob uas cog hauv lub taub kua ntshav los tua cov qog nqaij hlav cancer. Nws tau hais tias "Cov kev xaiv zoo yuav yog qhov zoo, tab sis kuv pheej nyeem txog kev kho proton," nws hais.

Nrog kev nyiam qhov tseeb, Lewen nrhiav lub chaw kho cov khoom zoo. Tsis muaj tias ntau lub chaw kho mob hauv Tebchaws Meskas, tab sis ib qho tsuas tshwm sim tau 15 feeb ntawm Lewen lub tsev hauv Batavia, Illinois. Thaum lub sijhawm nws mus ntsib thawj zaug, nws ntsib tus kws kho mob, tus kws tu neeg mob, kws muab tshuaj tua hluav taws xob, thiab dosimetrists. Nws tau hais tias "Nkawd tawm ntawm lawv txoj kev mus ua rau kuv lub siab tus," nws hais.

Tom qab sib tham nws nrog nws tus poj niam thiab hnyav txhua qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev kho mob sib txawv, Lewen txiav txim siab siv proton kev kho mob los kho nws tus mob prostate. Rau kev kho mob no, cov kws kho mob ntxig lub pob me me rau hauv lub qhov quav kom txhawb nqa cov prostate yog li cov hluav taws xob tuaj yeem ncav cuag prostate zoo dua tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau lwm cov kabmob thiab cov nqaij mos.

Nws ua tiav nws cov kev kho mob proton nyob rau lub Yim Hli 2012 thiab raug kuaj PSA txhua txhua peb lub hlis rau thawj xyoo. Txij thaum ntawd los, nws tau ntsib nws tus kws kho mob txhua xyoo. Zuag qhia tag nrho, Lewen tau hais tias, nws tsis tuaj yeem thov kom muaj kev kho zoo dua qub. Nws hais tias "Muaj ob peb yam kev phiv dab tsi vim kev kho mob tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi ua rau kuv tsis mus ua haujlwm lossis tsis nyiam ua lub neej zoo li qub," nws hais.

"Ib qho ntawm cov khoom zoo heev txog kev siv tshuaj hnub no yog qhov peb muaj ntau txoj kev xaiv, tab sis ib qho ntawm qhov tsis zoo yog tias peb muaj ntau txoj hauv kev," nws hais. “Nws tuaj yeem nyuaj siab dhau, tab sis nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb kom nkag siab txog koj cov kev xaiv. Kuv tej zaum tham nrog 20 tus neeg sib txawv thaum lub sijhawm tshawb fawb, tab sis nws tau pab kuv txoj kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws thaum kawg. "

Nrhiav kev kho mob uas haum koj

Hank Curry tsis coj lub neej pw. Nws hauls thiab sib tw nrog kev sib tw khiav haujlwm. Yog li thaum Gardnerville, Nevada, tus neeg nyob hauv tebchaws tau kuaj pom tias muaj tus kab mob prostate cancer hauv lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2011, nws tau txais yuav tib txoj hauv kev los tua cov qog mob cancer.

Curry cov kws kho mob tau yaum nws kom phais. Tom qab tag nrho, mob cancer tau zoo nkauj nce qib. Thaum nws kuaj mob me, cov kws kho mob txheeb xyuas 16 qhov chaw ntawm lub prostate rau qhov muaj mob qog nqaij hlav. Tag nrho cov 16 rov qab zoo. “Lawv hais tias lawv xav tias qhov zoo yog qhov muaj kabmob kheesxaws tau tawm ntawm lub prostate thiab mus rau hauv kuv lub plab. Lawv hais rau kuv tias peb tuaj yeem tshem nws, tab sis tsis muaj kev lees tias lawv yuav tau tag nrho, "nws hais. "Yog hais tias koj mus dhau qhov tsis yooj yim thiab phais thiab qhov mob yuav tsum tau phais ntawd thiab nws tseem yuav tshem tsis tau tus kabmob, Kuv pom tau hais tias tsis yog kev phais rau kuv."

Hloov pauv, Curry tau yuaj cuaj lub lim piam ntawm tsib tawg, tsib hnub hauv ib lub lis piam. Tom qab ntawd nws tau txais Lupron (poj niam hormone) txhaj tshuaj kom nws lub cev los ntawm kev tsim cov testosterone uas tuaj yeem ua rau rov qab mob cancer. Nws pib nws cov kev kho mob hauv Lub Ib Hlis 2012 thiab xaus rau lawv yim lub hlis tom qab lub Yim Hli.

Thaum lub sijhawm nws cov kev kho mob, Curry tswj hwm kev noj lub cev, noj mov zoo, thiab sim ua kom nws lub cev zoo li qub. Qhov no tau pab nws rov qab ua nws lub zog thiab txuas ntxiv nrog nws cov quav nyab. "Kuv tsis xav tias kuv yog ib qhov viav vias lossis ib yam dab tsi."

Tsis txhob muab yog tias mob cancer rov qab

Thaum Alfred Diggs kuaj pom tias muaj mob qog nqaij hlav thaum hnub nyoog 55, nws tau xaiv los ua radical prostatectomy. "Kuv tsis tau muaj mob dab tsi cuam tshuam rau kev mob qog nqaij hlav prostate, tab sis kuv tau txais PSAs ntev lawm," hais tias tus kws muag tshuaj thiab cov kws kho mob hauv Concord, California tau hais tias. Raws li haiv neeg Asmeskas-Asmeskas, Diggs paub tias nws muaj feem yuav mob cancer ntau dua - raws li kev pheej hmoo nws yuav rov qab los.

Nws hais tias "Kuv PSA ntau dua ob npaug hauv ib xyoos, thiab kev txiav me me qhia tias kuv muaj mob qog nqaij hlav cancer hauv ob peb lobes ntawm kuv prostate," nws hais. "Cov thev naus laus zis tshiab muaj, tab sis lawv yuav tsum nyob ze li 10 xyoo ua ntej kuv yuav ua."

Nws tau hais tias "Tom qab kev phais mob, Kuv muaj txog peb lossis plaub lub hlis tso zis, tab sis nws tsis yog qhov txawv," nws hais. Diggs tseem muaj erectile kawg ua haujlwm los ntawm kev kho mob, tab sis nws muaj peev xwm kho nws nrog tshuaj.

Nws tsis muaj tsos mob rau 11 xyoo tom ntej, tab sis tus mob cancer rov qab los thaum ntxov xyoo 2011. "Nws PSA pib nce zuj zus, thiab yog tias koj muaj mob qog nqaij hlav prostate, tsuas yog cov kws kho mob tau qhia yog koj PSA," nws hais. "Kuv tau pom ntau tus kws kho mob, thiab lawv txhua tus tau hais rau kuv tib yam - Kuv xav tau hluav taws xob."

Diggs tau txais 35 kev kho mob hluav taws xob ntau dua xya lub lis piam. Lub Kaum Hlis 2011, nws tau ua tiav ntawm nws txoj kev tawg, thiab nws cov lej PSA rov qab tsis zoo li qub.

Yog li cas prostate cancer yuav rov qab los thaum tsis muaj prostate? “Yog tias tus mob prostate muaj tag nrho nyob hauv prostate, nws muaj txog 100 feem pua ​​uas tuaj yeem kho tau. Yog tias cov qog nqaij hlav nkag mus rau hauv lub txaj prostate [daim ntaub nyob ib ncig ntawm lub prostate], nws yuav muaj txoj hmoo uas tus mob cancer yuav rov qab los, "Diggs hais.

Nws hais tias "Thaum mob khees-xaws rov qab los, nws tsis muaj kev xav phem li lawm." "Nws tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam tib yam kev xav. Kuv nyuam qhuav xav '' Peb rov mus ntxiv! '”

Yog tias koj tau kuaj mob, Diggs qhia tias ncav tes rau lwm tus txiv neej uas tau dhau los ntawm kev kuaj mob thiab kev kho mob. "Yooj yim heev, lawv tuaj yeem qhia koj uas tus kws kho mob tsis tuaj yeem."