Roy P S, Saikia B J
Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Indian J Cancer. 2016 Jul-Sep;53(3):441-442. doi: 10.4103/0019-509X.200658.
Cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases of the 20th century and spreading further with continuance and increasing incidence in the 21st century. The situation is so alarming that every fourth person is having a lifetime risk of cancer. India registers more than 11 lakh new cases of cancer every year, whereas, this figure is above 14 million worldwide. Is cancer curable? The short answer to this question is "Yes." In fact, all cancers are curable if they are caught early enough. Cancer cells continue to grow unless one of four things occur: (1) The cancerous mass is removed surgically; (2) using chemotherapy or another type of cancer-specific medication, such as hormonal therapy; (3) using radiation therapy; or (4) the cancer cells shrink and disappear on their own.
癌症是20世纪最可怕的疾病之一，在21世纪仍在持续蔓延且发病率不断上升。形势如此严峻，以至于每四个人中就有一个人一生中有患癌风险。印度每年登记的新增癌症病例超过110万，而全球这一数字超过1400万。癌症能治愈吗？这个问题的简短答案是“能”。事实上，如果发现得足够早，所有癌症都是可以治愈的。癌细胞会持续生长，除非发生以下四件事中的一件：（1）通过手术切除癌块；（2）使用化疗或其他类型的癌症特异性药物，如激素疗法；（3）使用放射疗法；或者（4）癌细胞自行缩小并消失。
