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Zuva reWorld Breast Cancer Research Day

Nyamavhuvhu 18 ndizvo Zuva reWorld Breast Cancer Research Day. Nyamavhuvhu 18 izuva rakatarwa nekuda kwe1 muvakadzi vechisere uye 8 muvarume mazana masere nemakumi matatu nevatatu vanozoonekwa vaine kenza yemazamu muhupenyu hwavo. Zvikamu gumi nezviviri kubva muzana zvezviitiko zvese pasi rose zvinoonekwa segomarara rezamu. Maererano neAmerican Cancer Society, kenza yemazamu inokonzera 30% yekenza itsva dzechikadzi pagore muUnited States. Kuvarume, vanofungidzira izvozvo 2,800 zviitiko zvitsva zvegomarara rezamu rinopinda ichaonekwa.

Nhasi izuva rakakosha kwandiri nekuti mukupera kwa1999, pazera ramakore makumi matatu nemashanu, amai vangu vakabatwa gomarara rezamu reChikamu chechitatu. Ndakanga ndiri mwana ane makore matanhatu akanga asinganzwisisi mativi ose ezvaiitika asi ndisingafaniri kutaura; yakanga iri hondo yakaoma. Amai vangu vakakunda kurwa kwavo, uye nepo vazhinji vedu takazviti aive gamba repamusoro, vakati zvakakonzerwa nekukwanisa kuwana miedzo yekiriniki panguva iyoyo. Nehurombo, muna 35 akabatwa gomarara reovarian, uye pakazosvika 2016, rakanga rave nemetastasized kune mazhinji emuviri wake, uye muna Ndira 2017, 26, akafa. Kunyangwe neruoko runotyisa rwaakabatwa, aigara ari wekutanga kutaura kuti tsvagiridzo yegomarara, kunyanya kenza yemazamu, chinhu chatinofanira kutenda nacho uye kuti nhanho yega yega mukutsvaga tinofanira kupemberera. Dai pasina tsvakiridzo yakaitwa yekuvandudza miedzo yekiriniki yaakange akwanisa kuyedza, akange asina chokwadi chekuti angadai akaita kuti gomarara repazamu riregererwe uye akawana mukana wekurarama mamwe makore gumi nemanomwe negomarara mukuregererwa. .

Muedzo wekiriniki wakakwanisa kuitwa naamai vangu waiva mushonga waishandiswa carboplatin, mushonga wakawanikwa muma1970 uye wakatanga kubvumirwa neFDA muna 1989. Kuratidza kuti tsvakurudzo yekukurumidza inogona kuita mutsauko sei, makore mashoma gumi mushure mekubvumirwa neFDA, amai vangu vakanga vari chikamu chekuongororwa kwekliniki vachiishandisa. Carboplatin ichiri chikamu che kliniki miedzo nhasi, iyo inopa mikana yekutsvaga kune avo vanosarudza marapirwo anoshandisa miedzo yekiriniki. Pane zvose zvakanaka nezvakaipa pakutora chikamu muzviedzo izvi zvakakosha kuti zvitariswe. Zvakadaro, ivo vanopa kugona kuti tsvagiridzo iitwe uye hutsva mukurapa kufambira mberi.

Chirwere chegomarara remazamu chakagara chiripo uye chinogona kuonekwa kumashure se3000 BC mumipiro yakaitwa nevanhu veGreece yekare muchimiro chemazamu kuna Asclepius, mwari wemishonga. Hippocrates, uyo anoonekwa sababa vemishonga yokuMadokero, akakarakadza kuti yakanga iri hosha yegadziriro, uye dzidziso yake yakamira kutozosvikira pakati pema1700 apo Henri Le Dran, chiremba wokuFrance, akataura kuti kubviswa kwokuvhiya kunogona kurapa kenza yamazamu. Pfungwa isina kuongororwa kusvika mukupera kwema1800 pakaitwa mastectomy yekutanga, uye ichiri kushanda zvine mwero, yakasiya varwere vaine hupenyu hwakaderera. Muna 1898 Marie naPierre Curie vakawana radioactive element radium, uye makore mashoma gare gare, yakashandiswa kurapa kenza, inotangira chemotherapy yemazuva ano. Anenge makore makumi mashanu gare gare, muma50, kurapwa kwakawedzera kuoma, uye vanachiremba vakatanga kushandisa mwaranzi yakanangwa pamwe chete nekuvhiya kubatsira kupa varwere hupenyu huri nani. Kufambira mberi kwakaenderera mberi kubva ipapo zvichikonzera kurapa kwakanangwa uye kwakaomarara kwatinako nhasi, senge radiation, chemotherapy, uye kazhinji, intravenous uye mufomu yepiritsi.

Mazuva ano, imwe yenzira dzakajairika kune avo vane nhoroondo yemhuri yegomarara rezamu ndeyekuongororwa kwemajini kuti vaone kana chaiwo genetic mutations iripo kwauri. Aya majini igomarara rezamu 1 (BRCA1) uye gomarara rezamu 2 (BRCA2), izvo zvinowanzo batsira kukudzivirira kubva kune mamwe magomarara. Nekudaro, kana vaine shanduko dzinovadzivirira kubva kune zvakajairwa maoparesheni, vari panjodzi yekuwana mamwe magomarara, anoti kenza yemazamu uye ovarian cancer. Kuti nditarise rwendo rwaamai vangu narwo, aive mumwe wevanhu vasina rombo rakanaka vasina kuratidza shanduko mukuongororwa kwemajini, izvo zvaishungurudza nekuziva kuti pakanga pasina zviratidzo zvechakaita kuti vabatwe negomarara rezamu neovarian. . Neimwe nzira, akawana tariro, kunyanguvezvo, zvikurukuru nemhaka yokuti zvaireva kuti tose tiri vaviri ini nomukoma wangu taisava mungozi shoma yokutakura majeni timene.

Ungave uri murume kana kuti munhukadzi, zvakakosha kuti uzive njodzi dzinounzwa negomarara rezamu, uye zano rekutanga nderekuti usarega kuenda kunoongororwa; kana chimwe chinhu chisina kumira zvakanaka, taura nachiremba wako nezvazvo. Tsvagiridzo yegomarara inogara ichishanduka, asi zvakakosha kuti tiyeuke kuti tafambira mberi munguva pfupi. Gomarara repazamu rinogona kunge rakabata vazhinji vedu zvakananga kuburikidza nekuonekwa, nhengo yemhuri ichionekwa, vamwe vadikani, kana shamwari. Chinhu chinondibatsira pandinofunga nezvegomarara rezamu ndechekuti pagara paine chinhu chekuve netariro. Tsvagiridzo yafambira mberi zvakanyanya kusvika pairi iko zvino. Hazvizoendi zvega. Sezvineiwo, tiri kurarama munguva yepfungwa dzakajeka uye tekinoroji kufambira mberi kunobvumira tsvakiridzo kuita nhanho dzakakosha, sezvo dzichiwanzo pihwa mari neruzhinji. Funga kutsvaga chikonzero chinoenderana newe kuti upe kwachiri.

Amai vangu vaigara vachipemberera kuva mupuri wegomarara rezamu. Kunyange zvazvo kenza yake yegomarara remuchibereko yaiva imwe yaaisakwanisa kukunda, ndichiri kusarudza kumuona saizvozvo. Pasina nguva refu ndasvitsa makore gumi nemasere, ndakaiswa tattoo paruoko rwangu kupemberera kukunda kwake, uye iye aenda izvozvi, ndichiri kusarudza kutarisa tattoo uye kupemberera nguva yakawedzerwa yatakawana yekurangarira uye kuona kuti ndinokudza munhu waainayo. aiva.