Abambo a Beyonce Aulula Kuti Ali Ndi Khansa Ya M'mawere

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• Kodi ndizofala motani kuti abambo amakhala ndi khansa ya m'mawere?
• Kodi kusintha kwa majini a BRCA kumatanthauza chiyani?
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Okutobala ndi Mwezi Wodziwitsa Khansa ya M'mawere, ndipo ngakhale timakonda kuwona zinthu zambiri zapinki zikuwonekera kuti zithandizire kukumbutsa azimayi zakufunika kodziwitsa msanga, ndizosavuta kuiwala kuti si azimayi okha omwe angakhudzidwe ndi khansa ya m'mawere-amuna angathe, ndi kuchita, kutenga matenda. (Zokhudzana: Muyenera-Dziwani Zambiri Zokhudza Khansa ya M'mawere)

Mu kuyankhulana kwatsopano ndiMmawa Wabwino waku America, Abambo a Beyoncé ndi Solange Knowles, a Mathew Knowles, adawulula za nkhondo yake ndi khansa ya m'mawere.

Adatsegula zakukhosi kwake pochotsa khansa ya m'mawere ya IA, komanso momwe adadziwira kuti amafunika kukaonana ndi dokotala nthawi yomweyo.

A Knowles adagawana nawo kuti nthawi yotentha, adawona "kadontho kakang'ono kama magazi" pamashati ake, ndipo mkazi wake adati wawona madontho amwazi omwewo pamapepala awo. "Nthawi yomweyo" adapita kwa dokotala kuti akamupime mammogram, ultrasound, ndi biopsy, ndikuwuza Mtengo wa GMA wolandila Michael Strahan: "Zinali zowonekeratu kuti ndinali ndi khansa ya m'mawere."

Atatsimikizira kuti ali ndi vuto, a Knowles adachitidwa opareshoni mu Julayi. Panthawiyi, adaphunziranso kudzera mu kuyesa kwa majini kuti ali ndi kusintha kwa majini a BRCA2, zomwe zimamuika pachiopsezo chachikulu chokhala ndi khansa ya m'mawere - khansa ya prostate, khansa ya pancreatic, ndi melanoma, khansa yapakhungu yakupha kwambiri. (Zokhudzana: Kafukufuku Wapeza Mitundu isanu Yatsopano ya Khansa Yam'mawere)

Mwamwayi, wazaka 67 wakhala akuchira bwino kuchokera ku opaleshoni yake, akudzitcha yekha "wopulumuka ku khansa ya m'mawere." Koma kukhala ndi masinthidwe a BRCA2 kumatanthauza kuti ayenera kukhalabe "odziwa kwambiri komanso odziwa" za chiopsezo chake chokhala ndi khansa zina izi, adalongosola. Mtengo wa GMA. Izi zingatanthauze kuyezetsa prostate nthawi zonse, mammograms, MRIs, ndi kufufuza khungu kwa moyo wake wonse.

Atachira, a Knowles adauza Mtengo wa GMA kuti tsopano akuyang'ana kwambiri kusunga banja lake kukhala tcheru za chiopsezo chawo cha khansa, komanso kulimbana ndi mchitidwe wosalana womwe amuna ambiri amakumana nawo pankhani yodwala khansa ya m'mawere. (Zogwirizana: Tsopano Mutha Kuyesa Kusintha kwa BRCA Kunyumba —Koma Kodi Muyenera?)

Adauza Strahan kuti "kuyimba koyamba" komwe adapanga atalandira matenda ake kunali kwa banja lake, chifukwa si ana ake anayi okha omwe angakhale ndi masinthidwe amtundu wa BRCA, komanso zidzukulu zake zinayi.

Makamaka malingaliro olakwika akuti khansa ya m'mawere-komanso zomwe zimatanthauza kukhala ndi kusintha kwa majini a BRCA ndichinthu chomwe chimangokhudza akazi, Knowles akuyembekeza kuti amuna (komanso amuna akuda makamaka) amva nkhani yake, aphunzire kukhala pamwamba pawokha thanzi, ndi kudziwa zizindikiro zochenjeza.

Munkhani yamunthu woyamba yomwe idatsagana ndi kuyankhulana kwake, Knowles adalemba kuti inali nthawi ya ntchito yake m'zaka za m'ma 80 ndiukadaulo wazachipatala pomwe adayamba kuphunzira za khansa ya m'mawere. Koma ndi mbiri ya banja lake yomwe idathandizira kuyimitsa mabelu alamu kuti akhale ndi thanzi labwino, adalongosola. (Zogwirizana: Zinthu 6 Zomwe Simukuzidziwa Zokhudza Khansa ya M'mawere)

"Mchemwali wa amayi anga anamwalira ndi khansa ya m'mawere, ana aakazi awiri a mayi anga anamwalira ndi khansa ya m'mawere, ndipo mlamu wanga anamwalira mu March ndi khansa ya m'mawere ndi ana atatu," analemba motero, akuwonjezera kuti amayi a mkazi wake akulimbana ndi khansa ya m'mawere. matenda, nawonso.

Kodi ndizofala motani kuti abambo amakhala ndi khansa ya m'mawere?

Amuna opanda mbiri yabanja yolimba sangadziwe kuti akhoza kukhala pachiwopsezo chotenga khansa ya m'mawere. Ngakhale kuti amayi ku US ali ndi mwayi umodzi mwa 8 wokhala ndi khansa ya m'mawere m'moyo wawo wonse, matendawa ndi osowa kwambiri mwa amuna. Akuti pafupifupi 2,670 milandu yatsopano ya khansa ya m'mawere yowopsa ipezeka mwa amuna mu 2019, ndipo amuna pafupifupi 500 amwalira ndi matendawa, malinga ndi American Cancer Society. (Zokhudzana: Kodi Mungatenge Khansa ya M'mawere Wachichepere?)

Ngakhale matenda opatsirana ndi khansa ya m'mawere ndi ocheperako nthawi 100 pakati pa azungu kuposa azungu, ndipo pafupifupi 70 kuposa amuna akuda kuposa akazi akuda, anthu akuda a zonse amuna ndi akazi amakhala ndi chiwopsezo choipitsitsa cha kupulumuka poyerekeza ndi mitundu ina, malinga ndi kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu International Journal ya Khansa ya M'mawere. Olemba kafukufukuyu akukhulupirira kuti izi zimachitika makamaka chifukwa chosowa chithandizo choyenera chamankhwala pakati pa anthu aku Africa-America, komanso kuchuluka kwa odwala akuda zinthu monga kukula kwa chotupa chachikulu komanso kuchuluka kwa chotupa chachikulu.

Popita poyera za matenda ake, Knowles akuti akuyembekeza kufalitsa chidziwitso cha kuopsa kwa khansa ya m'mawere yomwe anthu akuda angakumane nayo. "Ndikufuna kuti anthu akuda adziwe kuti ndife oyamba kufa, chifukwa sitipita kwa adotolo, sitipeza chidziwitso komanso sititsatira ukadaulo ndi zomwe makampaniwo ndi anthu ammudzi akuchita," adalemba motero Mtengo wa GMA.

Kodi kusintha kwa majini a BRCA kumatanthauza chiyani?

M'malo mwa Knowles, kuyezetsa magazi komwe adatsimikizira kuti adasintha mtundu wake wa BRCA2, zomwe mwina zidamupangitsa kuti adziwe khansa ya m'mawere. Koma chiyani kwenikweni ndi majini a khansa ya m'mawere awa? (Zokhudzana: Chifukwa Chimene Ndinayesa Ma Genetic Cancer Cancer ya M'mawere)

BRCA1 ndi BRCA2 ndi majini amunthu omwe "amapanga mapuloteni opondereza chotupa," malinga ndi National Cancer Institute. Mwanjira ina, majiniwa amakhala ndi mapuloteni omwe amathandizira kutsimikiza kukonzanso kwa DNA iliyonse yowonongeka mthupi. Koma kusinthako kukakhalapo m'matendawa, kuwonongeka kwa DNA kumatha ayi kukonzedwa bwino, ndikupangitsa kuti maselo akhale pachiwopsezo chokhala ndi khansa.

Kwa amayi, izi nthawi zambiri zimabweretsa chiopsezo chowonjezeka cha khansa ya m'mawere ndi khansa ya m'mimba - komanso, si azimayi okha omwe ali pachiwopsezo. Ngakhale ochepera 1 peresenti ya khansa ya m'mawere imapezeka mwa amuna, pafupifupi 32% ya amuna omwe ali ndi kusintha kwa BRCA amakhalanso ndi khansa (makamaka khansa ya prostate, khansa ya chikhodzodzo, khansa ya pancreatic, khansa ya khansa, ndi / kapena khansa ina yapakhungu), malinga ndi kafukufuku wofalitsidwa m'nyuzipepala yachipatala Khansa ya BMC.

Izi zikutanthauza kuti kuyesa kwa majini ndikudziwika koyambirira ndikofunikira, ndichifukwa chake Knowles akugawana nkhani yake. "Ndikufuna amuna kuti alankhule ngati ali ndi khansa ya m'mawere," adatero Mtengo wa GMA. "Ndimawafuna adziwitse anthu kuti ali ndi matendawa, kuti titha kupeza manambala olondola ndikufufuza bwino. Zomwe zimachitika mwa amuna ndi 1 mwa 1,000 kokha chifukwa choti sitinapeze kafukufuku. Amuna amafuna kuti azibisala chifukwa timachita manyazi-ndipo palibe chifukwa chake."

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