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Early Diagnosis of Cancer

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Early Diagnosis of Cancer

Kidney Cancer

Stomach Cancer

Stomach cancer 

- Affects men more than women 
- 75% cases are over 50 year old 
- Most commonly diagnosed between 60-80 years  of age 

Common symptoms 

- asymptomatic at early stage
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea and vomiting 
- Swollowing difficulty 
- Poor appetite 
- Weight lost
- Anaemia 
- Hematemesis 
- Malaena 

Risk factors 

- above 40 year old, male with family history 
- Persistence gastric ulcer
- Alcohol 
- Smoking 
- Gastric polyps
- Diet high in smoked or salted foods and processed meat, low in vegetables 
- Presence of helicobacter pylori

Early diagnosis 

- Oesophago-gastric-duodenoscopy
- Tissue biopsy

Bladder Cancer

More male patients than female patients 


Symptoms 

- painless haematuria
- Microscopic haematuria
- Difficulty passing urine
- Urinary frequency
- Loin or lower abnormal pain 

Risk factors 

- smoking 
- Exposure to harmful chemicals eg toxic dye
- Diet high in smoked or salted foods and processed meat


Early diagnosis 

- urine cytology
- Cystoscopy and tissue biopsy 
- CT Urogram

Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the 3rd commonest cancer in Hong Kong for male 


Symptoms 

    ⁃    Usually asymptomatic at early stage 
   ⁃    Urinary frequency, especially at night time 
   ⁃    Trouble urination
   ⁃    Pain when urinating or ejaculating 
   ⁃     Blood in either urine or semen
   ⁃    Spine or pelvic bone pain


Risk factors 

    ⁃    over 50 year old
   ⁃    Obesity 
   ⁃    lack of exercise 
   ⁃    Family history, esp first degree relatives

Early diagnosis 

    ⁃    Digital rectal examination 

    ⁃    Prostate Specific Antigen, PSA

    ⁃    Transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy

Renal Cancer

Symptoms

Painless Haematuria
Loin or back pain 
Feel mass over loin area
Decrease appetite 
Unknown fever
Anaemia and ankle swelling 

Risk factors 

Old age 
Smoking 
Obesity 
Rebel failure and on haemodialysis
Family history 
Contact with large amount of chemicals eg. Organic solvents , benzene,asbestos, herbicides 

Dignosis

CT scan 
MRI

Blood for anaemia and increase calcium 

Urine - haematuria and cytology

Treatment 

Nephrectomy 
Chemotherapy 
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