What men can do outdoors to prevent kidney cancer

The study surveyed 1,097 adult kidney cancer patients and 1,476 healthy adults. The study found that men who frequently sunbathe have a 24%-38% lower risk of kidney cancer, but this correlation was not found in women. This may be related to the different hormone levels in men and women. In addition, women often use sunscreen when going out, but men do not.

In recent years, kidney cancer has become an increasing threat to people's health.

Professor Hao Xishan, chairman of the Oncology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told the reporter of the Public Health Network that in some areas, kidney cancer has become the fastest growing cancer, doubling in 20 years.

Professor Yao Xin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Genitourinary Tumor Professional Committee of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, believes that the main reasons are the aggravation of the aging population, the increase in unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking and high-fat and high-calorie diets, the significant increase in the number of people with obesity and high blood pressure, and the improvement of imaging technology, which has increased the diagnosis rate of tumors. Among them, the impact of the increase in unhealthy lifestyles on the incidence of kidney cancer is particularly worthy of attention. Therefore, quitting smoking, eating less high-fat and high-calorie foods such as big fish and meat, fried foods, insisting on exercise, actively controlling weight, and avoiding metabolic diseases such as obesity and high blood pressure can help prevent kidney cancer.

Special reminder

"For those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day and have smoked for more than 15 years, the incidence of kidney cancer is 4-5 times higher than that of normal people, so they should be highly vigilant. For them, in addition to quitting smoking, drinking more water and eating root vegetables such as bananas, carrots or beets are also good ways to prevent kidney cancer."

Statistics show that the age group with the highest incidence of kidney cancer is 55-65 years old. However, due to the influence of unhealthy lifestyles, people start smoking at younger and younger ages, and the number of obese and hypertensive patients continues to increase. The incidence of kidney cancer is also showing an increasingly obvious trend of younger age. Clinically, kidney cancer patients in their thirties and forties are not uncommon. In addition, kidney cancer has another very obvious feature of its onset, which is that it "prefers" men. Clinically, male kidney cancer patients are two to three times more than female patients.

"Common symptoms of kidney cancer are intermittent, painless gross hematuria, persistent dull pain or severe back pain. Unfortunately, most early kidney cancers lack obvious symptoms. Therefore, regular physical examinations are the fundamental way to detect early kidney cancer." B-ultrasound is one of the most suitable methods for screening kidney cancer. Men over 40 years old, especially those with unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking and a family history of kidney cancer, should have a physical examination once a year.