26-year-old hot girl died of cancer, warns against staying up late and skipping breakfast

On the evening of September 18, Hai Phong hot girl D.HT passed away at the age of 26 due to stomach cancer, leaving many people heartbroken and regretful.

T. was diagnosed with stomach cancer 1.5 years ago and had surgery at an oncology hospital in Hanoi. However, she then neglected to have regular check-ups and instead took medicine at home.

Nearly a month ago, when she saw her illness worsening, she went to Bach Mai Hospital for treatment, but the stomach cancer was already in a very late stage, and the doctors could not intervene because the tumor had metastasized to many organs, and the lymph nodes in the entire abdomen were compressing and causing bile duct obstruction. The patient also suffered from blood clotting disorders, severe anemia, physical weakness, and jaundice.

During the 3 weeks of treatment at Bach Mai Hospital until his death, doctors could only drain bile and inject morphine to relieve pain for T.

Skipping breakfast and stress are among the risk factors.

Regarding the information that T. got stomach cancer due to the habit of staying up late and skipping breakfast, a friend of T. said that it was only a part. Accordingly, T. often ate and lived irregularly, sometimes fasted and took weight loss pills. Especially for 5-6 consecutive years, T. often stayed up late until almost morning to sleep. However, more importantly, T. was often stressed.

Speaking more clearly about the causes of stomach cancer, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hung, Center for Nuclear Medicine and Oncology, Bach Mai Hospital - the doctor who directly treated T. said that up to now, medical literature and books have never mentioned that skipping breakfast or staying up late causes stomach cancer.

Skipping breakfast can cause the stomach to secrete digestive juices but not be used, which can cause stomach ulcers. Staying up late causes nervous tension, which can increase the risk of ulcers. If stomach ulcers last for a long time, the risk of stomach cancer will be higher than other people.

According to Dr. Hung, until now, the cause of stomach cancer is still unknown, science has just discovered favorable factors. Of which, about 70% of stomach cancer cases are due to infection with Helicobacter pylori (HP) bacteria; 10% of stomach cancer is due to genetics when a family member has the disease.

The remaining risk factors include smoking, prolonged stress, eating strong stimulating foods such as spicy, hot, salty, obesity... In which, smokers will have a 40% higher risk of stomach cancer, even 82% in addicts. Prolonged stress can cause gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as duodenal ulcers, which are risk factors for stomach cancer.

In Vietnam, stomach cancer is the most common cancer, ranking 2nd in men (after lung cancer) and 5th in women.

According to records, each year our country has over 15,000 new cases and more than 11,000 deaths from stomach cancer.

99% of stomach cancers in Vietnam are detected late

Professor Tran Van Thuan, Director of K Hospital, said that although it is one of the most common types of cancer, out of thousands of stomach cancer cases treated at the hospital each year, only about 30 cases are detected early because people do not have the habit of regular health check-ups to detect the disease early.

“While with stomach cancer, the cure rate in the very early stages is almost 100%, the later it is, the lower the cure rate,” Associate Professor Thuan said.

He said that Japan is a country with one of the highest rates of stomach cancer in the world, but it is also the country with the highest rate of stomach cancer cure in the world, at over 80%.

5 typical signs of stomach cancer

- Vomiting or bloody stools: Although this is not a specific sign of stomach cancer because enteritis and colitis can also have similar symptoms, if you have this sign, you need to see a doctor immediately.

- Unusual weight loss

- Persistent stomach pain

- Anorexia, loss of appetite

- Heartburn, indigestion: This is considered one of the early symptoms of stomach cancer.

Early stage, 1 million VND is cured

Professor Thuan said that in the early stages, the doctor only needs to endoscopically cut away the mucosal layer and the patient will be cured at a cost of only 1-2 million VND.

In later stages, the patient will need surgery (open or laparoscopic) to remove the tumor. Based on the results after surgery, the doctor will consider whether to continue chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Laparoscopic gastrectomy is only indicated for cases in stages 1-3. Laparoscopic surgery helps minimize damage to surrounding healthy tissue, faster post-operative recovery time and ensures aesthetics.

To detect stomach cancer early, the Director of K Hospital recommends that people should have regular health check-ups, including a gastroscopy 1-2 times a year, especially for those over 40 years old, and those with chronic gastric ulcers. If the first endoscopy shows no abnormalities, the following ones can be done every 2 years.

People with family members with cancer (breast cancer, colorectal polyps, history of HP infection, hepatitis, etc.) need to get screened at an earlier age.