All about Cancer

[starlight1968sg]

Am seeing more pple dying from cancer than other diseases

[lee_yl]

You must know your body very well.


One friend felt giddy and he actually asked to go through a series of tests and found out he had cancer stage 1. He underwent treatment and his cancer is now in remission for the 9th year.

There are also weight loss cases initially (say, commented by friends) but very often, these comments were taken as compliments without any follow up.

Just curious. When one's weight loss is noticeable, at what stage would the cancer be?

[starlight1968sg]

How much weigh loss is considered to trigger an alarm?

For fatigue, after a day of work, we sure feel tired
The initial symptoms are very vague and that is the problem

[vinegar]

Sometimes even go regular chk up oso cannot detect the illness. I hv ex colleague went regular fr screening n chk up breast, pap smear, etc…All the sudden(within 4 months), she had passed away due to breast cancer.

[starlight1968sg]

vinegar:

Sometimes even go regular chk up oso cannot detect the illness. I hv ex colleague went regular fr screening n chk up breast, pap smear, etc....All the sudden(within 4 months), she had passed away due to breast cancer.

Yes, i have heard of cases where one very conscious of health, still died due to cancer

[sharonkhoo]

starlight1968sg:

Am seeing more pple dying from cancer than other diseases

I reckon it's because fewer are dying from TB, flu, cholera, typhoid, polio...

[nicnac]

My Uncle recently went a&e for stomach pain and was diagnosed with stage 4. Operated on immediately and now awaiting medical report.

[vinegar]

Cancer rates: see how countries compare worldwide


https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jan/24/worldwide-cancer-rates-uk-rate-drops

[starlight1968sg]

nicnac:

My Uncle recently went a&e for stomach pain and was diagnosed with stage 4. Operated on immediately and now awaiting medical report.

I hope he is recovering well
May I ask he went to a private or govt hosp? If it is the latter, is he as a private or subsidised patient?

[floppy]

If you go for regular check up, the possibility of catching the symptoms early are good. If your family has a high cancer incidence rate, then the gap between check ups would have to be tighter than usual. A cancer marker test would give you an idea if you are totally clueless of your risk.