American Cancer Society Screening Recommendations for Early Detection of Cancer

Article written by Dr. Hoang Quoc Chinh, Medical Genetics, Vinmec High Technology Center

Screening to detect cancer early has a very important role in the treatment of cancer later. The earlier the disease is detected, the better the prognosis, the easier the treatment, and the lower the burden of treatment costs. Here are the American Cancer Society's recommendations for early cancer screening.

The majority (>70%) of cancer patients are diagnosed at a late stage because they only go to the doctor when they have clinical symptoms. Patients with advanced cancer often have little or no effective therapy, high treatment costs, and 5-year survival rates less than 50%. For example, the 5-year survival rate of patients with advanced stage (III-V) lung cancer is less than 10%. The cost of Sorafenib in the treatment of late stage liver cancer is 118 million VND per month.

Những điều cơ bản nhất cần biết về ung thư gan — Bệnh nhân ung thư giai đoạn muộn thường có rất ít hoặc không có liệu pháp điều trị hữu hiệu,chi phí cao như ung thư gan

In contrast, if detected at an early stage, the 5-year survival rate of cancer patients can be up to 99% and the cost of treatment for patients at this stage is much lower than that of patients with cancer. late stage. This shows that screening for early detection of cancer is an effective method in reducing mortality, and cancer-related treatment costs.

Currently, screening for early cancer is usually accomplished by a combination of physical examination and imaging, and/and chemistry/microbiological methods. The frequency of screening for early detection depends on an individual's risk of cancer. For individuals at higher risk of developing cancer than the general population, the genetic counselor will develop a follow-up plan for early detection for each individual. For people at population-level cancer risk, the American Cancer Society makes recommendations as shown in Table 1.

Bảng 1: Khuyến cáo sàng lọc phát hiện sớm ung thư của hiệp hội ung thư Hoa Kỳ

Early cancer screening is considered a perfect measure in the timely detection and treatment of cancers. Vinmec International General Hospital currently has a high-tech cancer screening and examination package, including genetic testing, imaging, and biomarkers for early tumor detection. A single gene test can assess the risk of 16 common cancers in both men and women (lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer) Bowel cancer , stomach cancer , prostate cancer ,....)

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