On 29th February 2016, sunshine drove away the gloomy and the dark. After having nanoknife (irreversible electroporation) therapy, Mr. Qiu was going to leave hospital with heat full of hope. Looking back on the eight months of fighting against carcinoma of pancreatic head, he was filled with emotion. When Xu Kecheng, chief president of Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital visited him, Mr. Qiu said sincerely: Thank you for making me not afraid of cancer anymore. I am confident to get back to health, because I receive correct treatment here.
Chief president Xu Kecheng (left) was visiting Mr. Qiu.
Mr. Qiu was thanking Doctor Shi Hongxia (middle).
Confront with carcinoma of pancreatic head
Mr. Qiu comes from Hong Kong. He is a 65-year old man with a pair gleaming eyes. He sat in front of me with a smile on his face. No one will think he is a cancer patient who has held on to fight against carcinoma of pancreatic head for 2800 days and nights.
Dr. Niu Lizhi, president of Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital said that carcinoma of pancreatic head is malignant tumor. Eight months ago, Mr. Qiu was overwhelmed with sadness by the diagnosis.
Mr. Qiu once worked for a grand theatre. He has a filial daughter. He should have enjoyed the happiness of family. Unfortunately, on July 2015, Mr. Qiu found himself becoming thin and losing 10 kilograms without cause while suffering from abdominal pain. Mr. Qiu didn’t pay attention on it. After two months, he had diarrhea three to five times a day on average. On 11th November, he went to local hospital for examination without company of family.
After examination, Mr. Qiu was diagnosed as carcinoma of pancreatic head. PET-CT shown that was a 6.5 cm * 4.4 cm lump. Mr. Qiu said, he was so sad and shocked for knowing that carcinoma of pancreatic head is hard to treat, which made him felt death was approaching him.
Doctor of Hong Kong thought it took big risks having whipple surgery (pancreas duodenectomy) and advised Mr. Qiu to take biliary stent and bypass surgery. But Mr. Qiu refused. After taking chemotherapy twice, abdomen MRI scan showed the lump on pancreatic head reduced to 4.6 cm *3.9 cm. However, after having chemotherapy, he developed red rushes, itching, myelosuppression and hair loss etc. Chemotherapy was so painful that Mr. Qiu was urgent to find a suitable treatment plan.
I found proper treatment here luckily.
“Fortunately, when I failed in seeking treatment, my daughter took part in the lecture delivered by Mufeng, vice president of Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital. She learnt about the most advanced ablation technique nanoknife therapy (irreversible electroporation) which can ablate targeted tumors and apply to pancreatic cancer. My intuition told me that Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital will be my savior.”
On 17th February, Mr. Qiu was admitted to Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital with being diagnosed as cT4N1M0 stage Ⅲ of carcinoma of pancreatic head. Soon, president Niu made a rigorous treatment plan for Mr. Qiu. It’s irreversible electroporation (nanoknife therapy) for carcinoma of pancreatic head treatment. On 23rd February, the operation was conducted smoothly and patient’s blood loss was just 2ml.
For more understanding of Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital and the successful completion of nanoknife surgery, Mr. Qiu began to see hope. Remind of the period of having chemotherapy, I was often weak and tired at that time. But after nanoknife surgery, my psychological condition became better, and I became happier gradually. Mr. Qiu’s daughter said: “After nanoknife surgery, my father was better obviously. His psychological condition was improved. The confidence and encouragement of fighting against cancer were boosted.”
Mr. Qiu said, it’s unfortunate to have carcinoma of pancreatic head, but I was lucky to have advanced nanoknife therapy with good therapeutic effects in the fight against cancer. And he was said emotionally: “I sincerely appreciate Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital. Thanks Dr. Niu Lizhi for performing operation for me. I also want to thank Doctor Shi Hongxia and nurses. The medical condition and environment are satisfactory and comfortable.”
In the afternoon of 29th February, chief president Xu Kecheng, Doctor Shi Hongxia and other medical workers visited Mr. Chou for he was going to leave. He expressed his gratitude again: I will come to have re-examination. It’s you who teach me to never give up at any time.
Photo of Mr. Qiu (middle), President Niu Lizhi (No.3 from right) and treatment team
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