Sɔntɛnde yu kin fil sɔntin we strenj na yu chɛst, yu kin kɔf ɔltɛm, ɔ yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ blo? Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn tin ya kin bi bikɔs ɔf nɔrmal rizin dɛm wae nɔr kin du bad. Bɔt nɔto ɔltɛm, dɛn tin ya kin bi sayn dɛn bak fɔ kansa we gɛt fɔ du wit
di taymus gland . So, tide wi go tɔk bɔt tu kayn kansa we nɔ kin bɔku, we nɔ kin bɔku, we dɛn
kɔl Thymoma ɛn
Thymic Carcinoma . Nɔ wɔri, i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis.
Wetin na Taymoma ɛn Taymik Kansa?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, taymoma ɛn taymik kansa na tu kayn kansa we kin bigin na yu
taymus gland . di taymus gland de bihayn di big bon we de na di midul pan yu chεst (breastbone). We yu yɔŋ, di taymus gland de ɛp fɔ mek
di T-lymphocytes, ɔ T-cells, we na wan kayn wayt blɔd sɛl we na impɔtant pat pan yu bɔdi in imyun sistɛm we de fɛt sik. di taymus gland gεt tu men kayn sεl dεm:
di εpitεlial sεl dεm εn
di limfosayt dεm . Ɛni wan pan dɛn kayn sɛl ya kin gro we nɔmal ɛn i kin gɛt kansa.
Bikɔs ɔl tu di taymoma ɛn taymik kansa kin bigin na di ɛpitel sɛl dɛn na di taymus gland, dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dɛn bak
Thymic Epithelial Tumors (TETs) .
Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Taymoma ɛn Taymik Kansa?
pan ɔl we dɛn ɔl tu na thymic epithelial tumors (TET), sɔm impɔtant difrɛns dɛn de.
- Taymoma: Dis kin bi kansa we de gro sloslo . I nɔ kin bɔku pas di taymus gland.
- Thymic Carcinoma: Dis na kansa we de gro fast fast . i gεt hכy chans bak fכ spre (mεtastaz) to כda pat dεm na di bכdi.
Dipen pan if yu gɛt taymoma (wan kayn we we nɔ kin agresiv smɔl) ɔ taymik kansa (wan kayn we we kin agresiv mɔ), di tritmɛnt we yu dɔktɔ go gi yu ɛn di prɔgnosis go difrɛn.
Udat dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt mɔ?
Taymoma ɛn taymik kansa kin bɔku pan
big pipul dɛn we ol bitwin 40 ɛn 75. Stɔdi we dɛn dɔn du na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika dɔn sho se dis sik kin bɔku pan pipul dɛn we kɔmɔt na Eshia ɔ Pasifik Ayland. Bɔt, i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se i kin divɛlɔp pan ɛnibɔdi. Bɔku tɛm, taymoma kin gɛt fɔ du wit tin dɛn we dɛn kɔl
ɔtoimyun paraniɔplastik sindrom . Dis na we yu bɔdi in imyun sistɛm mistek atak in yon wɛlbɔdi sɛl dɛn. Dis kin mek yu gɛt difrɛn kayn sayn dɛm wae nɔr kin fayn fɔ yu. Sɔm pan di sik dɛm wae kin kam wit taymoma na:
- Myasthenia gravis: Dis na wan sik we de ambɔg di nerv ɛn di mɔsul dɛn, ɛn dis kin mek di mɔsul dɛn wik .
- Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA): Dis na blɔd disɔda we yu bon mɛro nɔ de mek inof rɛd blɔd sɛl , we kin mek yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ blɔd .
- Hypogammaglobulinemia (ɔ Gud sindrom): Dis na we di imyun sistɛm wik. Na ya, yu bɔdi nɔ de mek inof antibodies fɔ fɛt sik ɛn mek yu nɔ gɛt infɛkshɔn.
Apat frɔm dat, sɔm ɔda paraneoplastic syndrome kin gɛt fɔ du wit taymoma, bɔt dɛn nɔ kin bɔku. Fɔ ɛgzampul:
Aw kɔmɔn tin na taymoma ɛn taymik kansa?
Taymoma ɛn taymik kansa na di
kayn kansa we kin kam pan di taymus gland. Bɔt ɔl togɛda, dɛn kansa ya na kansa dɛn we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm . Fɔ ɛgzampul, ivin na big kɔntri lɛk Amɛrika, na lɛk 400 pipul dɛn nɔmɔ dɛn kin gɛt dis sik ɛvri ia.
Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ taymoma ɛn taymik kansa?
Bɔrku pipul
nɔr kin sho ɛni sayn na di fɔs tɛm.Bɔku tɛm, di sayn dɛn kin bigin fɔ sho we di kansa dɔn gro ɛn bigin fɔ afɛkt ɔda pat dɛn na di chɛst. Sɔm pan de sayn dɛm kin gɛt fɔ du wit di paraneoplastic syndromes wae wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt.
Simptom dɛm wae kin kam wit kansa wae kin afɛkt wan ɔgan na yu chɛst
Pen ɛn at fɔ blo kin bi sayn dɛm fɔ taymoma ɔ taymik kansa. Dis na di sayn dɛm:
- Chɛst pen ɔ fil se yu chɛst tayt.
- Wan kɔf we de kɔntinyu fɔ kɔf we nɔ de go.
- Shot we yu de blo.
- I nɔ izi fɔ swɛla it.
Sɔntɛnde, dɛn tumbu ya kin blok ɔ kɔmprɛs di
supɛriɔr vena cava, we na wan big vein we kin kɛr blɔd go na di at. Dis kin mek wan sik we rili siriɔs we dɛn kɔl
supɛriɔri vena kava sindrom . If dis kin apin, yu kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk:
- Kɔf
- I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo
- Taya
- Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt
- Ed de at
- Di nɛk ɛn fes kin swel
- Di an ɛn di an dɛn we de swel
- di vein dεm we yu kin si klia wan na di כp pat na di bכdi
Karakta dεm fכ di paranioplastik sεndrכm dεm
If yu gɛt taymoma, yu kin gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan di sayn dɛm fɔ paraneoplastic syndromes. Fɔ ɛgzampul:
- yu de si tu tɛm, yu aylid dɛn de drɔp, yu taya bad bad wan, ɛn yu mɔsul dɛn wik (dɛn tin ya na di sayn dɛm fɔ myasthenia gravis).
- Anemia (dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf pure rεd blɔd sɛl aplasia).
- Infekshɔn ɔltɛm, dayarɛa, ɛn limf no dɛm we swel (dɛn na di sayn dɛm fɔ haypogammaglobulinemia).
Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt taymoma (thymic carcinoma)?
Infakt,
dɛn nɔ dɔn no ɛni patikyula tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt taymoma na di jɛnɛtik ɔ di envayrɔmɛnt . Risach stil de go bifo fɔ no if dis sik gɛt fɔ du wit difrɛn vayrɔs, di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt frɔm in mama ɛn papa, ɛn ɔda kayn kansa.
Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt tayma (thymic carcinoma)? (Diagnosis) .
Yu dɔktɔ kin jɔs no se yu gɛt dis kayn tumbu afta yu dɔn du
imej tɛst fɔ luk fɔ wetin mek yu gɛt di sik. Fɔ mek yu no se yu gɛt di sik, yu dɔktɔ go du yu bɔdi ɛgzam ɛn aks bɔt yu sik ɛn yu mɛdikal histri. Dɔn, dɛn kin du wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tɛst ya fɔ no mɔ bɔt di tumbu:
- Chɛst X-ray: X-ray kin sho tin dɛn lɛk tumbu dɛn we de insay di bɔdi. I kin gi impɔtant infɔmeshɔn bak, lɛk aw dɛn dɔn difayn di ed dɛn na di tumbu fayn fayn wan. Tumɔs we gɛt klia ed dɛn kin izi fɔ pul am bay ɔpreshɔn.
- CT skan: .CT skan na di chɛst na di kɔmɔn imej tɛst we dɛn kin yuz fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt taymoma. Sɔntɛnde, yu dɔktɔ kin injɛkt spɛshal wata (kɔntrast mɛdiɔm) na yu vein. Dis go ɛp di tumbu fɔ sho klia wan pan di skan. Bɔku tɛm, CT skan kin du fɔ no if yu gɛt taymoma ɔ taymik kansa.
- MRI skan: MRI kin mek di tכmכro rili ditayli imej dεm. Dis kin ɛp di dɔktɔ fɔ no difrɛns pan am frɔm ɔda kayn grow. Fɔ ɛgzampul, MRI kin ɛp fɔ no if na taymoma ɔ taymik kansa.
- PET skan ɔ PET/CT skan: We dɛn de du PET skan, dɔktɔ kin injɛkt wan sef, redioaktiv shuga insay yu vein. dis sכlushכn de kכlekt rawnd sεl dεm we de yuz bכku εnεji lεk kεnsar sεl dεm. dis kin mek tin dεm lεk tכmכro dεm de mכr fכ si pan di skan. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin du PET skan ɛn CT skan di sem tɛm (PET/CT).
- Bayopsi: di onli we fכ kכnfכm di diagnosis na fכ du bayopsi. Dis na di say we di dɔktɔ kin tek sɔm sɛl dɛn frɔm di tumbu ɛn chɛk dɛn ɔnda maykroskɔp. If i nɔ bad fɔ du dat, di dɔktɔ go pul di wan ol tumbu ɛn chɛk di sɛl dɛn. If dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ pul di wan ol tumbu, na wan sɛmpul nɔmɔ dɛn go tek fɔ ɛgzamin.
Aw dɛn kin no di stej we taymoma (thymic carcinoma) gɛt?
Kansa stej na di klasification of kansa akɔdin to aw i siriɔs. Bɔrku tin kin go fɔ no aw de sik kin tranga. We yu no di stej we yu kansa gɛt, dat kin ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ plan tritmɛnt ɛn gi yu wan aidia bɔt yu chans fɔ liv. thymoma εn thymic carcinoma dεn de stej dεm yuz
di TNM sistεm . TNM tinap fɔ Tumor, Nodes, ɛn Metastasis. Fɔ no di stej we yu kansa gɛt, dɔktɔ dɛn kin luk fɔ ansa to kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk:
- Tumɔ (T): Tumɔr de? Aw big i bi? Usay i de?
- Limf no dɛm (Nodes - N): Di kansa dɔn spre to di limf no dɛm? Us limf no dɛn? Aw fa i dɔn skata?
- Metastasis (M): Di kansa dɔn spre to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi we nɔ de na di taymus gland? To us pat dɛn?
Bay di ansa to dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya, yu dɔktɔ go klas yu kansa to stej frɔm I (wan) to IV (fo). Di mɔ di nɔmba de bɔku, na di mɔ di kansa dɔn skata. Fɔ ɛgzampul, wan stej I kansa dɔn spre smɔl pas wan stej IV kansa. Yu dɔktɔ kin tink bak bɔt ɔda tin dɛn lɛk aw di kansa sɛl dɛn nɔrmal fɔ no aw yu sik bad.
Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ taymoma (thymic carcinoma)?
Di tritmɛnt we yu go gɛt kin dipen pan bɔku tin dɛn, lɛk di kayn kansa we yu gɛt, di stej we di kansa de, ɛn if dɛn jɔs dɔn no di kansa ɔ i dɔn kam bak. Di tritmɛnt we dɛn kin pik kin bi:
- Ɔpreshɔn: Dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn pan yu tɔraks kin pul yu tumbu wit ɔpreshɔn. If di kansa dɔn skata to di limf no dɛm, taymus gland, ɔ di lɔng layn, dɛn kin pul sɔm pat pan am bak. Ɔpreshɔn na di men tritmɛnt fɔ di taymoma we de bigin. If dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ pul di wan ol tumbu sef wan, di dɔktɔ we de du di ɔpreshɔn go pul bɔku pan am fɔ ridyus di sayn dɛn we di tumbu kin gɛt.
- Radieshɔn tɛrapi: Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn rɛdyushɔn ɔnkɔlɔji kin gi redyushɔn to di kansa bay we i yuz ɛksternal bim redyushɔn tɛrapi . Dis tritmɛnt de yuz mashin fɔ dayrɛkt ɛkstrem rayt to di tumbu fɔ kil di kansa sɛl dɛn. Yu kin yuz am in wan ɔ yu kin yuz am wit ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn, lɛk kemotɛrapi ɔ ɔpreshɔn.
- Kimotɛrapi: If ɔpreshɔn nɔ ebul fɔ pul di tumbu, dɛn kin gi yu kemotɛrapi mɛrɛsin fɔ kil di kansa sɛl dɛn. Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn blɔd ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn kansa kin gi yu kemotɛrapi fɔ mek di tumbu smɔl bifo dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn ɔ fɔ trit kansa we dɔn kam bak.
- Targeted therapy: If yu kansa sɛl dɛn gɛt sɔm patikyula jin muteshon , dɛn kin gi yu targeted therapy. Dɛn mek dɛn tritmɛnt ya fɔ tɔch dɛn patikyula jin muteshɔn dɛn de ɛn kil di kansa sɛl dɛn. Dis kin bi tritmɛnt opshɔn fɔ ɔl tu di taymoma ɛn taymik kansa if ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk kemotɛrapi nɔ dɔn wok.
- Immunotherapy: Dis tritmɛnt de mek yu imyun sistɛm strɔng fɔ ɛp am fɔ no ɛn pwɛl di kansa sɛl dɛn. Dis kin bi opshɔn fɔ thymic carcinoma we nɔ de ansa to kemotɛrapi.
- Klinik trial: Klinik trial na stכdi we de tεst di sef εn ifektiv fכ nyu כ difrεn kεnsar tritmεnt dεm. Dipen pan yu kayn kansa, yu kin fit fɔ gɛt wan pan dɛn program ya we de tɛst nyu tritmɛnt fɔ kansa. Aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis.
Yu dɔktɔ kin se yu fɔ wok wit wan palliativ kia tim fɔ sɔpɔt yu ɔl di tɛm we dɛn de chɛk yu kansa. Di wan dɛn we de wok fɔ kia fɔ di sik we dɛn kɔl palliativ kia na dɔktɔ dɛn, nɔs dɛn, ɛn ɔda spɛshal pipul dɛn. Dɛn kin ɛp yu fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt kansa ɛn di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm wae yu gɛt fɔ trit yu. I nɔ mata us stej yu kansa ɔ yu chans fɔ wɛl, palliativ kia na valyu tin.
Wetin na di rεt we de liv fכ taymoma εn taymik kכrεkshכn?
in jεnarכl,
taymoma dεm gεt bεtε prognosis pas taymik kכrεkshכn. Dɔn bak, if di kansa de na di taymus gland nɔmɔ, di rit we di kansa de liv bɛtɛ pas if di kansa dɔn skata. di fayv ia rεt fכ thymic carcinoma na dεn wan ya (mεmba, dεn na avrej fכg dεm):
- If di kansa de na di taymus gland nכmכ: 95% .
- if i dכn spre to di כgan dεm we de nia εn di limf no dεm: 78% .
- If i dɔn spre to fa fa pat dɛn na di bɔdi (metastasized): 38% .
Bɔt
dɛn statystik ya nɔr de tek sɔm kayn tin lɛk yu ɔl wɛl bɔdi, di kayn kansa, di stej wae de kansa de, ɔr aw yu de du tritmɛnt. Na bɔku tin dɛn de sho di rit we yu go liv. Yu dɔktɔ kin ɛksplen dɛn tin ya to yu. So nɔ mek yu fred wit dɛn nɔmba dɛn ya.
Wetin a go ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt dis kansa?
Sɔmtɛm,
ɔl di sayn ɛn simptom dɛm fɔ di kansa kin dɔn kpatakpata (remission) , ɛn di kansa nɔ kin kam bak. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, ɔl tu di kayn kansa kin
kam bak (rikɔr) . If na taymoma, di kansa kin go fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn i nɔ kin kam bak. Bɔt yu go stil nid fɔ gɛt fɔ
go fɛn yu ɔltɛm fɔ mek shɔ se yu nɔ gɛt kansa.
Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?
Tɔk to yu mɛdikal tim bɔt aw fɔ no bɔt yu sik ɛn aw fɔ trit yu. Nɔr shem fɔ aks ɛni kwɛstyɔn wae yu gɛt bɔt kansa ɛn aw e go afɛkt yu layf. Yu kin aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk:
- Wetin na di stej fɔ mi kansa?
- Us tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛn a gɛt?
- A fit fɔ tek pat pan klinik trial? Yu go se a fɔ tek pat?
- Wetin na di gol fɔ tritmɛnt?
- Us sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn a fɔ ɛkspɛkt?
- Ustɛm a fɔ ɛkspɛkt se di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn go bigin?
- Wetin na di chans fɔ mek di kansa kam bak?
- Aw di we aw dɛn go no mi sik ɛn di tritmɛnt we dɛn go gi mi go afɛkt mi layf?
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
If yu no se yu gɛt taymoma ɔ taymik kansa, dat kin min bɔku difrɛn tin dɛn. Sɔm tumbu dɛn kin gro sloslo, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn kin agresiv mɔ. Sɔm kin kɔmɔt kpatakpata wit ɔpreshɔn, bɔt ɔda wan dɛn kin dɔn skata bay di tɛm we yu dɔktɔ fɛn dɛn.
Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw yu kansa go afɛkt di we aw yu de trit yu.Dɔn bak, tɔk bɔt di gud ɛn bad tin dɛn we ɛni tritmɛnt we yu kin gɛt. Mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de. Dɔktɔ dɛn, fambul dɛn, ɛn padi dɛn de we go ɛp yu fɔ bia wit dis prɔblɛm.
I impɔtant fɔ no gud gud wan ɛn fɔ tink gud wan. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn, nɔ fred fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ.
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