Kahi lolo (ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka lolo)
A lolo hikoko he nui o nā hunaola ʻokoʻa e hoonui i ka ka lolo kāohi ʻole ʻia.
Aia he 2 ʻano nui o nā tumors lolo e pili ana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai a i ʻole ʻaʻole:
- ka huelo kino (non-cancerous). Lohi mālie lākou a noho kaʻawale pinepine ʻia mai nā ʻola lolo kokoke. ʻAʻole lākou e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka lolo a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka wehe ʻana me ke ʻoki ʻana ma mua o nā tumors malignant. Eia nō naʻe, kū mau kekahi o nā tumors benign ma muli o ko lākou wahi.
- ka huelo kolohe (maʻi ʻaʻai). ʻAʻole maʻalahi ia e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou mai nā aʻa kokoke. ʻO ka hopena, he paʻakikī i kekahi manawa e huki iā lākou āpau me ka ʻole o ka hōʻino ʻana i ka lolo o ka lolo a puni.
ʻO nā ninaninau ʻana, e like me ke kiʻi ʻana o ka resonance magnet (MRI), PET scan (positron emission tomoscintigraphy) a me ka tomography i helu ʻia ("CT scan"), ʻae e loaʻa pololei ka tumo. A nā lāʻau kanu (hāpana o kaʻaʻaʻa tumo no ke kālailai) pono ia i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ʻano maikaʻi ʻole (non-cancerous) a i ʻole malignant (cancerous) o ka tumo.
Hoʻomaopopo pū ʻia nā puʻupuʻu lolo e ko lākou kumu a me kahi.
ʻIke mākou:
- ka make ʻoe ka lolo iniiaiie, ʻo ia nā mea i hoʻomaka i ka lolo. Hiki iā lākou ke benign (non-cancerous) a i ʻole malignant (cancerous). ʻO ko lākou inoa mai kaʻiʻo lolo kahi e hoʻomohala ai.
Aia i waena o nā puʻupuʻu malignant maʻamau ʻo:
- Glial tumors, a i ʻole gliome (malignant tumors) e hōʻike ana he 50 a 60% o nā puʻupuʻu lolo āpau. Hana ʻia lākou mai nā hunaola glial, nā hunaola e hana ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo no nā hunaola nerve (neurons).
- O medulloblastoma (malignant tumors), hoʻomōhala mai ka iwi kuamoʻo i ke kahua embryonic. ʻO kēia nā tumele lolo maʻamau o keiki a.
- ʻO ka mea hope loa, i waena o nā tumors primign benign, rarer ma mua o nā tumign malignant mua, ʻike mākou i hemangioblastomas, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, osteomas, pinealomas, etc.
- ka ʻōpū maʻi waena ou ana ua malignant (cancerous) a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe kahi i kū ai ka maʻi ʻaʻai a nona nā hunaola tumele i neʻe i ka lolo a hoʻonui ma laila. Lawe ʻia nā hunaola tumor e ke koko a hoʻomōhala pinepine i ka hui ma waena o nā mea keʻokeʻo a me nā mea hina i ka lolo. ʻO kēia mau tumors lua ʻoi aku ka pinepine ma mua o nā tumors kumu. Eia kekahi, ua koho ʻia he 25% o ka poʻe i make i nā maʻi ʻaʻai o nā ʻano like ʻole he mea lawe i nā metastases lolo.1. Ma waena o nā puʻukū e hana pinepine nei i ka metastases lolo: ka maʻi hānai o ka umauma, ka maʻi ʻaʻa maʻi, ka maʻi ʻaʻa ʻili (melanoma), ka maʻi ʻaʻai puʻuwai, ka maʻi ʻaʻai kolona, a pēlā aku.
ʻO wai ka mea i hoʻopili ʻia?
I kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Palani, ma kahi o 6.000 kanaka ʻike ʻia me kahi tumo lolo mua. Hōʻike lākou i 2% o nā maʻi ʻaʻai āpau2. Ma Kanada, tumors lolo kumu loli i 8 mai 100 poʻe. ʻO nā tumors metastatic, hoʻopili lākou ma kahi o 000 o 32 mau kānaka. Hōʻike nā noiʻi epidemiological nui i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā tumors lolo ma ke Komohana i mau makahiki he nui, me ka ʻike ʻole o kekahi i ke kumu. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻopili ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana o ke kelepona paʻipaʻi koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka nui o kekahi mau hikoko lolo mua, e like me ka nui o nā noiʻi i hōʻike ʻia.3, 4,5. Ke hiki mai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kelepona paʻalima, ʻikea nā keiki i nā tumors lolo ma mua o ka poʻe mākua.
Āhea e kūkākūkā ai?
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