Utata kaBeyoncé utyhile ukuba unomdlavuza webele

Umxholo

• Kuqheleke kangakanani ukuba amadoda ahlakulele umhlaza webele?
• Kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ne-BRCA gene?
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U-Okthobha yinyanga yokwazisa ngomhlaza wamabele, kwaye ngelixa sithanda ukubona iimveliso ezininzi ezipinki zivela ukunceda ukukhumbuza abasetyhini ngokubaluleka kokufunyanwa kwangoko, kulula ukulibala ukuba ayingabafazi kuphela abanokuchaphazeleka ngumhlaza wamabele-amadoda anakho, kwaye wenze, ufumane isifo. (Eyeleleneyo: Kufuneka-Uzazi Iinyani malunga noMhlaza wamabele)

Kudliwanondlebe olutsha noMolo waseMelika elungileyo, Utata kaBeyoncé noSolange Knowles, uMathew Knowles, utyhile idabi lakhe lomhlaza wamabele.

Uvule malunga notyando lokususa inqanaba lesifo somhlaza webele, kunye nendlela awayesazi ngayo ukuba kufuneka abonane nogqirha kwangoko.

U-Knowles wabelane ukuba ehlotyeni, uye wabona "ichaphaza elincinci eliphindaphindayo legazi" kwihempe zakhe, kwaye unkosikazi wakhe uthe uthe wawabona la mabala egazi kwiibhedi zabo. "Ngokukhawuleza" waya kugqirha wakhe ukwenza i-mammogram, i-ultrasound, kunye ne-biopsy, exelela I-GMA umamkeli uMichael Strahan: "Kwakucace gca ukuba ndinomhlaza webele."

Emva kokuqinisekisa ukuxilongwa kwakhe, u-Knowles wahlinzwa ngoJulayi. Ngelo xesha, wafunda kuvavanyo lwemfuza ukuba une-BRCA2 gene, embeka emngciphekweni omkhulu wokukhula-ukongeza umhlaza webele-umhlaza webele, umhlaza wepancreatic, kunye ne-melanoma, olona hlobo lomhlaza wolusu lubulala. (Idibeneyo: Isifundo sifumanisa umhlaza wamabele omtsha ezintlanu)

Ngethamsanqa, umntu oneminyaka engama-67 ubudala uye wachacha ngempumelelo kuqhaqho lwakhe, ezibiza ngokuba "ulixhoba lomhlaza wamabele." Kodwa ukuba nenguquko ye-BRCA2 kuthetha ukuba uyakudinga ukuhlala "eyazi kakhulu kwaye eyazi" ingozi yakhe yokuphuhlisa eminye imihlaza, ucacisile I-GMA. Oku kunokuthetha ukuba uhlala uviwo lweprostate, iimammograms, ii-MRIs, kunye nokuhlolwa kolusu rhoqo ebomini bakhe.

Emva kokuchacha kwakhe, u-Knowles uxelele I-GMA ukuba ngoku ugxile ekugcineni usapho lwakhe luqaphele malunga nomngcipheko womhlaza, kunye nokulwa ibala elinamadoda amaninzi xa kufikwa kuphuhliso lomhlaza wamabele. (Eyeleleneyo: Ngoku unokuvavanya uguquko lwe-BRCA eKhaya—Kodwa Ngaba Ufanele?)

Uxelele uStrahan ukuba "umnxeba wokuqala" awawenzayo emva kokufumana isifo wayewusapho lwakhe, kuba kungekuphela nje ukuba abantwana bakhe abane banokuphatha utshintsho lwe-BRCA, kodwa nabazukulwana bakhe abane.

Ngokukodwa inikwe imbono exhaphakileyo yokuba umhlaza wamabele-kwaye kuthetha ntoni ukuba ne-BRCA gene-yinto echaphazela abantu basetyhini kuphela, u-Knowles unethemba lokuba amadoda (kwaye amadoda amnyama ngokukodwa) aliva ibali lakhe, afunde ukuhlala ngaphezulu impilo, kwaye baziqhelanise neempawu ezilumkisayo.

Kwi-akhawunti yomntu wokuqala ohamba nodliwanondlebe, u-Knowles wabhala ukuba kwakusebenza ngexesha le-80s kunye netekhnoloji yezonyango apho waqala khona ukufunda ngomhlaza wamabele. Kodwa yayiyimbali yosapho lwakhe encedisa ukuseta iintsimbi zempilo yakhe, wachaza. (Idibeneyo: Izinto ezi-6 ongazazi malunga noMhlaza weSifuba)

"Udadewethu kamama ubulewe ngumhlaza wamabele, iintombi ezimbini zikamama kunye neentombi zakhe kuphela babulawa ngumhlaza webele, kwaye usibali wam wasweleka ngoMatshi ngomhlaza webele enabantwana abathathu," ubhale watsho, esongeza ukuba umama womfazi wakhe ulwa isifo, naso.

Kuqheleke kangakanani ukuba amadoda ahlakulele umhlaza webele?

Amadoda angenayo imbali yosapho eyomeleleyo asenokungazi ukuba anokuba semngciphekweni wokuba nomhlaza wamabele. Ngelixa abafazi base-US benethuba eli-1 kwi-8 lokuphuhlisa umhlaza wamabele ebomini babo, isifo sinqabile kakhulu emadodeni. Kuqikelelwa ukuba malunga ne-2,670 yeziganeko ezitsha zomhlaza webele ohlaselayo ziya kufunyaniswa emadodeni ngo-2019, malunga namadoda angama-500 abulawa sesi sifo, ngokutsho kweAmerican Cancer Society. (Idibeneyo: Umncinci kangakanani unokufumana umdlavuza webele?)

Nangona ukuxilongwa komhlaza webele kuqhelekile ngamaxesha angama-100 phakathi kwamadoda amhlophe kunabafazi abamhlophe, kwaye malunga namaxesha angama-70 aqhelekileyo phakathi kwamadoda amnyama kunabafazi abamnyama, abantu abamnyama konke izini zidla ngokuba nesantya esibi kakhulu sokusinda xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iintlanga, ngokophando olupapashwe kwi Ijenali yeHlabathi yoMhlaza wamabele. Ababhali bophononongo bakholelwa ukuba oku kungenxa yokungabikho kofikelelo kukhathalelo lwezonyango olululo kuluntu lwase-Afrika-lwaseMelika, kunye namazinga aphezulu ezehlo phakathi kwabaguli abamnyama bezinto ezifana nobukhulu bethumba kunye nebanga eliphezulu lethumba.

Ngokuya esidlangalaleni ngokufumanisa isifo, u-Knowles uthi unethemba lokusasaza ulwazi malunga nomngcipheko webele webele onokuthi ujongane nabantu abamnyama. "Ndifuna ukuba uluntu olumnyama luqonde ukuba singabokuqala ukufa, kwaye kungenxa yokuba asiyi kwagqirha, asifumaneki kwaye asihambisani netekhnoloji kwaye yintoni umzi mveliso kunye Uluntu luyenza, "ubhalele I-GMA.

Kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ne-BRCA gene?

Kwimeko ka-Knowles, kuvavanyo lwegazi lwangofuzo kuqinisekisile ukuba uguqukile kwimfuza yakhe ye-BRCA2, enokuba negalelo ekuchongeni isifo somhlaza webele. Kodwa yintoni kanye kanye zi le mfuza yomhlaza wamabele? (Eyeleleneyo: Kutheni ndenze uvavanyo lwemfuzo kuMhlaza wamabele)

I-BRCA1 kunye ne-BRCA2 zijini zomntu "ezivelisa iiproteni ezicinezela ithumba," ngokutsho kweNational Cancer Institute. Ngamanye amagama, ezi zofuzo ziqukethe iiproteni ezinceda ekuqinisekiseni ukulungiswa kwayo nayiphi na i-DNA eyonakeleyo emzimbeni. Kodwa xa kukho utshintsho kule mizila yemfuza, ukonakala kweDNA kunokubakho hayi zilungiswe kakuhle, ngaloo ndlela zibeke iiseli emngciphekweni wokuba nomhlaza.

Kwabasetyhini, oku kuhlala kukhokelela kumngcipheko owandayo womhlaza webele kunye nomhlaza we-ovari-kodwa kwakhona, ayisibafazi kuphela abasemngciphekweni. Ngelixa ngaphantsi kwepesenti enye yazo zonke ii-cancer zebele zenzeka emadodeni, malunga neepesenti ezingama-32 zamadoda anotshintsho lwe-BRCA nawo anoxilongo lomhlaza (ngokuqhelekileyo umhlaza wedlala lesinyi, umhlaza wesinye, umhlaza wepancreatic, imelanoma, kunye/okanye ezinye iicancer zolusu), ngokutsho. uphando olupapashwe kwijenali yezonyango Umhlaza weBMC.

Oku kuthetha ukuba uvavanyo lwemfuza kunye nokufumanisa kwangoko kubalulekile, yiyo loo nto u-Knowles ekwabelana ngebali lakhe. “Ndifuna amadoda athethe phandle ukuba anomhlaza wamabele,” ubhalele yena I-GMA. "Ndifuna ukuba abantu bazi ukuba banesifo, ukuze sikwazi ukufumana amanani achanekileyo kunye nophando olungcono. Ukuvela kwamadoda yi-1 kwi-1 000 kuphela kuba asinalo uphando. Amadoda afuna ukuyigcina ifihliwe kuba siziva sihlazekile-kwaye akukho sizathu saloo nto."

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