"Early Action for Cancer Prevention" Everyone is the first person responsible for their own health

Cancer is a general term for a large category of diseases. The World Cancer Report 2021 shows that there will be 19.29 million new cases of cancer worldwide in 2021. Among them, the most common cancers in my country include lung cancer, breast cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, cervical cancer, etc. Most cancers are the result of long-term accumulation of genetic damage and changes in human cells under the long-term action of external factors. It is a multi-factor, multi-stage, complex and progressive process. Carcinogenic factors are very complex, including external factors such as chemical, physical and chronic infection, as well as internal factors such as genetics, immunity, age and lifestyle.

April 15 to 21 this year is the 28th National Cancer Prevention and Treatment Publicity Week, with the theme of "Early Action for Cancer Prevention and Treatment". The activity aims to actively advocate that everyone be the first person responsible for their own health, correctly understand cancer, actively prevent and control cancer, establish the concept of three-level cancer prevention, practice a healthy and civilized lifestyle, and actively participate in cancer prevention and health examinations to achieve early prevention, early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment, reduce the incidence and mortality of cancer, increase the early diagnosis rate and survival rate of cancer, effectively curb the harm of cancer, and improve the health level of the masses.

In response to the national call, Professor Wang Huiqiu, Director of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Department of Shenyang Anning Hospital, Standing Member of the Geriatric Psychology Branch of the Chinese Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vice Chairman of the Social Psychological Occupational Therapy Committee of the Chinese Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Expert Member of the Science Popularization Committee of the Chinese Medical Education Association, Chief Physician, and National Psychotherapist, led a health education lecture for all the hospital's recuperators, including Huang Chuanhao, Song Yufei, and Li Shiwen, who explained the core knowledge points of the three-level prevention of cancer, the risk factors affecting the occurrence of cancer in Chinese people and related preventive measures, the key to improving the survival rate of cancer through screening and early diagnosis and treatment, paying attention to abnormal signals in the body, and choosing a regular hospital for standardized treatment when cancer is found to avoid delaying the best treatment time, etc. They also focused on cancer rehabilitation treatment and psychological counseling for cancer patients.

Cancer rehabilitation treatment includes two parts: physical rehabilitation and psychological rehabilitation, which is a necessary continuation and improvement of clinical treatment. Cancer patients need to maintain an optimistic attitude, a balanced diet, proper exercise, rational medication, and regular check-ups to achieve long-term stability of the disease.

Regarding psychological counseling for cancer patients, many clinical research data show that the quality of emotions is closely related to the occurrence and development of cancer. Cancer patients often have major mental trauma or have been depressed for a long time. Mental factors refer to emotional activities such as joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear, and shock, which have an important impact on the patient's immunity against cancer invasion. Mental factors not only affect the incidence of cancer, but also for cancer patients, adjusting a good mentality and relieving inner pressure is also a big step towards recovery.

During the health education lecture, the patients raised many questions, and the rehabilitation team members patiently answered them. For some cases, they also gave some targeted treatment methods and suggestions. All participants in this health education lecture said that they benefited a lot and hoped to carry out more similar activities. In this National Cancer Prevention and Treatment Publicity Week, we have truly achieved "early action for cancer prevention and treatment", and everyone is the first person responsible for their own health.

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Director of the Mental Rehabilitation Center of Shenyang Anning Hospital, Executive Deputy Director of Shenyang Mental Psychological Rehabilitation Clinical Medicine Research Center, Head of Shenyang Psychological Counseling Hotline Studio, Chief Physician, Professor, National Psychotherapist. Distinguished Professor of Shenyang Medical College, Teachers College of Shenyang University, and Liaoning He's Medical College; Member of the Mental Psychology Group of the Sleep Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; Member of the Professional Committee of Elderly Mental Health of the Chinese Mental Health Association; Standing Member of the Psychology Branch of the Chinese Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology; Deputy Group Leader of the Psychological Rehabilitation Science Popularization Professional Group of the Popular Science Health Education Working Committee of the Chinese Medical Education Association; Executive Director of the Liaoning Mental Health Association; Executive Director of the Liaoning Psychological Counselor Association; First Vice Chairman of the Youth Mental Health Professional Committee of the Liaoning Psychological Counselor Industry Association, Vice Chairman of the Shenyang Jing Association; Well-known Health Education Expert in Shenyang, etc. He has been engaged in clinical psychiatry for 33 years and is good at preventing, diagnosing, treating and rehabilitating various mental and psychological disorders with the concept of big rehabilitation and big health. He is especially good at using psychotherapy techniques such as sand tray game therapy, painting psychological analysis and therapy to consult and treat family, marriage and adolescent psychological problems.