On June 7, K Hospital said that doctors had just successfully removed a facial cancerous tumor with a diameter of more than 6 cm for a TTY patient, 20 years old, (in Thanh Hoa).
Previously, on May 10, the patient went to K Hospital (Tan Trieu facility) when there was a large wart that occupied the entire lip and mouth area, the tumor was bleeding, oozing pus, and the appearance caused loss of blood flow. America.
Large tumor in the mouth area makes eating and living difficult. Photo: Tran Ha
The results of computed tomography showed that the tumor in the lower lip area was 15 × 20 cm large, invaded the lower jaw bone, floor of the mouth, tongue, and metastases in many bilateral cervical lymph nodes with the size of 2-3 cm. The patient was diagnosed with lower lip cancer.
Doctor - Doctor Ngo Xuan Quy, Head of Department of Head and Neck Surgery (K Hospital) said that through extraction, the patient said that he had this tumor for about 3 years, the tumor size increased gradually, but the patient did not Immediately go to the hospital and follow the instructions of some people about the method eat macrobiotics to prevent tumor growth.
Over the years of eating macrobiotics, the patient's health is increasingly depleted, the tumor is not in remission, increasing in size. Partly because of the inferiority complex, patient Y did not go to the doctor, until the tumor was too large, showing signs of growing rapidly, unsightly shape, unable to eat and drink, the new patient came to K Hospital.
According to Doctor Quy, when admitted to the hospital, a large tumor appeared in the lip area, spread widely around… The patient was assessed for his exhaustion, severe diabetes, and potential risk. comatose.
"This is a pity because if Y. patients do not follow a macrobiotic diet but go to the doctor earlier, find modern medicine and combine methods, the treatment will be much simpler" - doctor Quarterly evaluation.
Up to now, after 1 week of surgery to dredge the entire tumor, the patient's health has gradually stabilized and can eat and talk. The patient will continue to be monitored, treated and reconstructed later.
Doctor Quy said that eating macrobiotics is a diet that many people apply and believe that it can treat cancer. In fact, up to now, there is no scientific basis or research to prove and recognize macrobiotics as a method of cancer treatment, as well as useful for patients.
