September 15 is the "world lymphoma promotion day". According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, lymphoma is one of the malignant tumors with the fastest growth in incidence rate. So, how to diagnose and treat lymphoma early? What is the therapeutic effect of lymphoma? Listen to the expert's explanation.
Zhu Jun, chief physician of the Department of lymphoid oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital: (according to) statistical analysis in the past 20 years, the annual incidence rate of lymphoma increases relatively fast, about 4% - 5% every year. Among all tumor diseases, it belongs to the fastest rising group, and the rising population is mainly concentrated in those over 65 years old.
Experts said that the pathogenesis of lymphoma is not very clear so far, but we know that factors that may be related to lymphoma include infection caused by bacteria or viruses; Abnormal immune function results in changes of lymphatic system; Take immunosuppressive drugs for a long time, causing immune system disorder; Radiological factors can cause a high incidence of lymphoma.
Lymphoma can occur at all ages, but generally speaking, it occurs in young and old people, which is related to the development of the human immune system. The immune system of young people has not yet fully developed, while that of old people has begun to decline gradually.
The most typical manifestation of lymphoma in the early stage is painless enlargement of lymph nodes at the superficial part, which is concentrated in the neck, clavicle, armpit, groin and other body parts.
Zhu Jun, chief physician of the Department of Lymph Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital: Lymphoma may not change much at an early stage, but we can sometimes find it by routine physical examination. For example, we can know whether there is lymph node enlargement by doing a B-ultrasound, and sometimes it develops to some stage or some specific type of lymphoma, which may be accompanied by fever of unknown cause, weight loss of unknown cause, weakness We should pay attention to sweating and so on.
