The woman, 64 years old, has a large tumor in her lip, eats a macrobiotic diet with the belief that it will stop the tumor from growing, three years later her body is exhausted, metastases spread.
The patient's tumor is now large, occupying the entire lip, mouth, bleeding, unable to eat. On June 7, Dr. BS Ngo Xuan Quy, Head of Head and Neck Surgery Department, K Hospital, said the results of computed tomography showed that the tumor in the lower lip area was 6×15 cm in size and had invaded bone. mandible, floor of mouth, tongue, metastases in many bilateral cervical lymph nodes 20-2 cm in size.
The patient was diagnosed with cancer of the lower lip, was in poor health, had severe diabetes, and blood sugar fluctuated 20 mmol/l. The tumor has spread widely around, the area of resection is large, the doctor must consider very carefully when deciding to operate.
"If the patient does not follow a macrobiotic diet but goes to the doctor early, the treatment will be much simpler," said Dr. Quy, adding that without surgery, the tumor would grow larger, ulcerate, bleed. the patient is at risk of death.
On June 1, doctors surgically removed the entire tumor and metastatic lymph node in the neck. After surgery, the patient can eat, drink, talk, continue to be monitored, treated and plastic surgery.
X-ray image of a large tumor, ulcerative ulcer, spilling outside the patient's mouth. Image: Doctor provided
Eating macrobiotics is a diet of brown rice, beans, no meat and fish. Doctor Quy said that a macrobiotic diet is believed by many people to be able to treat cancer. In fact, there is no scientific basis or research to prove macrobiotics as a treatment for cancer.
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