In recent years, many celebrities at home and abroad have passed away from us, but by chance, one disease has become a "celebrity killer", and that is pancreatic cancer, which is difficult to detect and treat. Veteran American soul music singer Aretha. Franklin, "The Sixth Sense" actor Patrick Swayze, veteran famous speaker Liu Junyao, actor Li Lifeng, Pavarotti, one of the three world-renowned tenors, as well as Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs, "Fashion Lafayette" Karl Lagerfeld, and even sports anchor Darren Fu, who was eventually tortured by the disease and went overseas to seek a good death, are all celebrities who have passed away from pancreatic cancer in recent years.

These celebrities will suffer from cancer, but it is not all because they do not take care of their bodies. Karl Lagerfeld once gained weight ten years ago. For health and fashion reasons, he successfully lost weight; and even though Steve Jobs works intensively , but he is also very healthy. When he was 19 years old, he went to India for pilgrimage and practiced Buddhism. He also maintained his yoga and vegetarian habits. It is said that Jobs was very picky about his diet and even vomited it out on the spot after eating something he thought was unhealthy.

However, pancreatic cancer has not spared any of them. No matter how powerful these celebrities are in their own fields, when they finally face the disease, they also show the most fragile side of human nature. Pancreatic cancer is like a heavy stone mill, which slowly grinds down these patients regardless of whether they are rich or poor, high or low, so that in the end the patients even just want to die well. Fu Daren’s example allows us to see the cruelty of pancreatic cancer. Don’t be lazy to check for pancreatic cancer once a year for these 5 types of people

Although the incidence rate of pancreatic cancer is not high, its malignancy is terrifyingly high, especially if the symptoms are not obvious, early diagnosis is difficult, and surgery and treatment are difficult. It is also difficult, so it is called the "King of Cancers". U.S. data show that pancreatic cancer ranks third in mortality among all malignant tumors and will soon rise to second place.

However, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently quoted the journal "JAMA" as saying that if you are not in a high-risk group for pancreatic cancer, there is no positive significance in doing pancreatic cancer screening. But on the other hand, if you belong to a high-risk group for pancreatic cancer, annual examinations are necessary.

The high-risk group for pancreatic cancer refers to people over 40 years old with any of the following: A family history of pancreatic cancer A history of diabetes (the risk is 8 Times) Long-term smoking or drinking, obesity, chronic pancreatitis, blood drawing and ultrasound are not ideal health check-up tools. Only in this way can the examination be effective

Regarding how to check, Cai Zhonghong, director of the Health Check-up Center of Annan Hospital, pointed out that many The "pancreatic cancer index" that people have heard of, CA-199, is a glycoprotein on the cell membrane that is easily elevated in patients with pancreatic cancer. Therefore, many people choose to draw blood to test for CA-199 as a sign of pancreatic cancer. screening, but this is not correct.

Some people also choose abdominal ultrasound as a health screening tool for pancreatic cancer. However, Cai Zhonghong reminds that the pancreas is located in the posterior abdominal cavity, making it difficult to conduct a thorough examination because it is shielded by gastrointestinal air. In addition, ultrasound is not suitable for small children. The tumor detection rate is also not high, so abdominal ultrasound is not an ideal health screening tool for pancreatic cancer.

Cai Zhonghong said that according to the latest literature recommendations, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI or MRCP) are both suitable tools for pancreatic cancer health screening for high-risk groups. Generally speaking, it is recommended that high-risk groups undergo endoscopic ultrasound examination for the first time, followed by annual abdominal magnetic resonance imaging examination, which should be a more suitable screening method for pancreatic cancer.

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