What is Early Cancer Screening?

General people think that early cancer screening is to draw a few milliliters of blood, you can predict whether you have cancer or not through genetic testing technology, in fact, early cancer screening is a very complex and controversial technology program, early cancer screening is a diverse range of examination technology means, used in the early detection of early cancer or pre-cancerous lesions and early warning. There are not only susceptibility gene detection in liquid science (liquid biopsy, CTC technology, external secretion detection, etc.), but also cytology screening in the field of pathology (such as TCT test for cervical cancer, and no longer commonly used esophageal detachment cytology, etc.), and we should not ignore the early detection of imaging, such as screening by low-radiation-dose helical CT for lung cancer, ultrasound and molybdenum-targeted screening for breast cancer, and endoscopy and microscopic fluorescent staining and endoscopy of the digestive tract. The examination with microscopic fluorescence staining and biopsy, etc. Moreover, some cancer types are still difficult to be screened out by a single examination technical means alone.

What types of cancer are suitable for early screening?

Type I Hereditary Cancer Types

- Hereditary Thyroid Cancer (Familial Non-Myeloidal Thyroid Cancer)

- Hereditary Colorectal Cancer (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)

- Hereditary Gastric Cancer (Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer)

- Hereditary Breast Cancer

Type II Cancer Types that Promote Cancer by Repeated Infection with Microorganisms

Type II Cancers that Promote Cancer by Repeated Cancer types that are promoted by repeated microbial infections

- Cervical cancer (HPV)

- Nasopharyngeal cancer (EBV)

- Liver cancer (Hepatitis Virus, B, C, etc.)

- Gastric cancer (Helicobacter pylori Hp)

What are the tests for cancer screening?

1. Blood test

Blood test is an important means of detecting early cancer in physical examination. Detecting whether various tumor markers in blood are elevated or not, various malignant tumors can be detected and identified. For example, AFP can detect primary hepatocellular carcinoma and embryonic tumor of the gonads.

2, gynecological physical examination in the Pap smear

The use of Pap staining method, can detect early cervical cancer, detection rate of about 60% ~ 70%.

3. Ultrasound

Using color Doppler imaging technology, it can clearly find out whether there are lumps and lesions in most organs of the body.

4, X-ray chest film

After X-ray passes through the human body, it presents images due to the different densities of organs and tissues, which can directly show lung tumors, and also can search for chest tumors through the indirect changes such as emphysema, obstructive pneumonia, and pleural fluid.

5, anorectal fingerprinting

Roughly, it can determine whether there is any lesion and the nature of lesion in anus and rectum which is 7cm~10cm away from the anal verge.

6, gastroscopy and enteroscopy

Directly with the naked eye to observe the gastric and intestinal mucosa color, vascular texture, glandular openings morphology, to identify the presence or absence of lesions, on the suspected foci of biopsy can be done to confirm the diagnosis.

7, PET-CT diagnosis

PET-CT will PET and CT perfect integration of PET and CT, PET provides lesions with detailed molecular information such as function and metabolism, and CT provides precise anatomical localization of the lesions, a time of imaging can be obtained from the whole body of the tomographic images of the whole body at a glance to understand the whole body condition, and to achieve the purpose of early detection of foci and diagnosis of the disease.

8. Tumor Marker Screening

For example: Ansulin. Monohydroxyphenol substance is one of the tumor markers, monohydroxyphenol is high in line with the parameters of tumor screening, tumor marker screening is generally a broad-spectrum means, need to cooperate with the body's specific conditions and symptoms, there is a certain probability.

The time opportunity for early-stage cancers to be detected is usually only 1-2 years, so it makes the most sense to receive regular screening under proper guidance. Reports show that over the past 30 years, Japan's cancer mortality rate has dropped by 27 percent because 80 percent of their cancers were detected at an early stage. Cancer is not a problem that should be ignored, and timely and effective cancer screening can save your life. If you want to get effective screening, it is especially important to find a professional organization and a professional way to get screened, so if you want to know more about early cancer screening or want to get screened for cancer, welcome to consult with DuoMutual Health, which will provide you with the professional early cancer screening service in Japan with confidence and peace of mind.