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ʻO ka malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) he ʻano maʻi kanesa kānalua loa ia e ulu ana ma ka pale ʻana a puni kou mau aʻalolo. E ulu ana kēia mau maʻi ma nā pūnaewele e hoʻopuni a kākoʻo i kou mau aʻalolo peripheral, ʻo ia nā aʻalolo ma waho o kou lolo a me kou kua.
ʻOiai hiki i kēia ʻike ke manaʻo nui, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka MPNST a pehea e mālama ʻia ai e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike hou aku i ka mākaukau. He 5-10% wale nō kēia mau maʻi o nā maʻi kanesa palupalu āpau, no laila ke hana nei ʻoe me kahi mea maʻamau ʻole akā hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO ka hōʻailona mua loa kahi ʻāpana a i ʻole ka nui e ulu ana ma kahi ala aʻalolo e hiki ai a ʻaʻole paha ke kumu o ka ʻeha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia puʻupuʻu e ulu nui ana i nā hebedoma a i ʻole nā mahina, ʻokoʻa mai nā ulu maikaʻi ʻole e noho mau ana i ka nui like.
E nānā kākou i nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka ʻike mua e hana maoli i ka ʻokoʻa i nā hopena lapaʻau.
I kekahi mau hihia, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi mau hōʻailona a hiki i ka ulu nui ʻana o ka maʻi e kaomi i nā pūnaewele e hoʻopuni ana. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ke nānā aku i kekahi ʻāpana hou, ulu nui e kou kauka, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ia e ʻeha.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā maʻi MPNST ma muli o kahi e ulu ai a me kā lākou mau kumu kumu. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻano e kōkua i kāu hui lapaʻau e koho i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
Hoʻokaʻawale ka hapa nui o nā kauka i kēia mau maʻi i ʻelua mau hui nui ma muli o ko lākou kumu:
E hoʻokaʻawale pū kāu kauka i ka maʻi ma muli o kona papa, kahi e wehewehe ai i ka wikiwiki o nā cell kanesa ma lalo o ka microscope. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā maʻi kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā mea haʻahaʻa.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei o ka MPNST, akā ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i kekahi mau mea e hoʻonui ai i ka hiki ke loaʻa i kēia mau maʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e hana me ka ʻole o ke kumu maopopo, ʻoiai kekahi e pili ana i nā kūlana genetic kikoʻī a i ʻole nā mālama mua.
Eia nā mea nui e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o MPNST:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka NF1, ʻo kou pilikia ola holoʻokoʻa e loaʻa ai ka MPNST he 8-13% paha, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka lehulehu. Eia naʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me NF1 kēia ʻano kanesa.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi ʻāpana a i ʻole ka puʻupuʻu hou e ulu ana a i ʻole ke loli nei, ʻoi aku inā aia ma ke ala o kahi aʻalolo. ʻO ka loiloi mua e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka mālama holomua.
Mai kali inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hōʻailona hōʻailona:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka neurofibromatosis type 1, he mea nui loa ia e loaʻa nā nānā maʻamau a hōʻike i nā loli i nā puʻupuʻu i loaʻa a i ʻole nā hōʻailona hou. Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā loli maikaʻi ʻole a me nā hōʻailona e pono ai ka nānā koke.
Hiki i ka MPNST ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia he nui, mai ka maʻi ponoʻī a mai ka mālama ʻana. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau a hana pū me kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻemi i nā pilikia.
Hiki i nā pilikia mai ka maʻi ke komo pū:
Hiki i nā pilikia pili i ka mālama ke komo pū i nā pilikia ʻoki kino, nā hopena o ka chemotherapy, a i ʻole nā hopena o ka radiation therapy. E kūkākūkā kāu hui lapaʻau i kēia mau mea hiki a hana e hoʻemi iā lākou ʻoiai e hoʻonui ana i nā pono mālama.
Pono ka ʻike ʻana i ka MPNST i nā ʻanuʻu he nui e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a hoʻoholo i ka nui o ka maʻi. E hoʻomaka kāu kauka me ka nānā kino a laila e kauoha i nā ho'āʻo kiko'ī e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana diagnostic e komo pū me:
ʻO ka biopsy ka ho'āʻo nui loa no ka mea ʻo ia wale nō ke ala e ʻike pono ai i ka MPNST. E hoʻolālā pono kāu kauka i kēia kaʻina hana e kiʻi i nā hopena pololei ʻoiai e hoʻemi ana i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā cell kanesa.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no ka MPNST e komo pinepine ana i ka ʻoki kino ma ke ʻano he ala nui, pinepine pū me nā therapies ʻē aʻe. E hoʻopilikino ʻia kāu hoʻolālā mālama i kou kūlana kikoʻī, me ka wahi o ka maʻi, ka nui, a inā ua hoʻolaha ʻia.
ʻO nā koho mālama nui e komo pū:
ʻO ka ʻoki kino ka mālama mua a me ka mea nui loa. E ho'āʻo kāu kauka e hoʻoneʻe i ka maʻi holoʻokoʻa me kekahi mau pūnaewele olakino e hoʻopuni ana e hōʻoia i ka pau ʻana o nā cell kanesa āpau. I kekahi manawa hiki i kēia ke manaʻo i ka mōhai ʻana i kekahi hana aʻalolo, akā e kūkākūkā kāu hui i kēia mau kālepa me ʻoe.
No nā maʻi hiki ʻole ke hoʻoneʻe piha ʻia a i ʻole ua hoʻolaha ʻia, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i ka chemotherapy a i ʻole ka radiation therapy. Hiki i kēia mau mālama ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā maʻi, hoʻolohi i ko lākou ulu ʻana, a i ʻole hoʻemi i nā hōʻailona.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona ma ka home he ʻāpana nui ia o kāu hoʻolālā mālama holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i nā hoʻolālā maʻalahi ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu hou a mālama i kou ola maikaʻi i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
Eia nā ala e hoʻokele ai i nā hōʻailona maʻamau:
E nīnau mau i kāu hui lapaʻau ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana i nā ala hou e hoʻokele ai i nā hōʻailona. Hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka mea palekana a maikaʻi no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu appointment e kōkua e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka nui loa o kou manawa me kāu kauka. ʻO ka hele ʻana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana me nā nīnau a me nā ʻike e hana i ka kipa hou aku no nā mea āpau.
Ma mua o kāu appointment:
Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea āu i ʻike ʻole ai. Makemake kāu hui lapaʻau e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike a ʻoluʻolu me kāu hoʻolālā mālama.
ʻO ka MPNST he ʻano maʻi kanesa kānalua akā koʻikoʻi ia e pono ai ka nānā koke a me ka mālama kūikawā. ʻOiai hiki i ka ʻike ke manaʻo nui, nui nā kānaka e hoʻokele holomua i kēia kūlana me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo ka ʻike mua e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hopena, ke hoʻomaikaʻi mau nei nā koho mālama, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e kū i kēia wale nō. Loaʻa i kāu hui lapaʻau ka ʻike me ka MPNST a hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o kāu mālama.
E noho pili me kāu poʻe lawelawe olakino, mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau, a e kālele i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea hoʻokahi i ka manawa. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ke kākoʻo, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka hopena maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
He kānalua loa ka MPNST, e hana ana i kahi 5-10% wale nō o nā soft tissue sarcomas āpau. E hana ia ma kahi o 1 i 100,000 mau kānaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka lehulehu. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka neurofibromatosis type 1, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou pilikia ma kahi o 8-13% ma kou ola holoʻokoʻa.
Ke hilinaʻi nei ka manaʻo i nā mea he nui e komo pū ana i ka nui o ka maʻi, ka wahi, a inā ua hoʻolaha ʻia. Ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua a hoʻoneʻe piha ʻia me ka ʻoki kino, nui nā kānaka e hana maikaʻi. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka MPNST ke ʻino, no laila he mea nui ka nānā mau ʻana a i kekahi manawa nā mālama hou aku no ka holomua lōʻihi.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka NF1 e loaʻa nō ʻoe i ka MPNST. ʻOiai ke hoʻonui nui nei ka NF1 i kou pilikia i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka lehulehu, ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me NF1 kēia ʻano kanesa. ʻO ka nānā mau ʻana e kōkua i ka hopu ʻana i nā loli mua inā hana lākou.
ʻO nā wikiwiki ulu MPNST he ʻokoʻa loa. ʻO kekahi e ulu mālie ana i nā mahina a i nā makahiki, ʻoiai kekahi e hiki ke ulu wikiwiki i nā hebedoma. Pono e loiloi ʻia kekahi ʻāpana e ulu nui ana a i ʻole ke loli nei e ke kauka, ʻaʻole pono ke wikiwiki o ka loli.
ʻO nā maʻi aʻalolo maikaʻi ʻole e ulu mālie ana, e noho mau ana i ka nui like no nā manawa lōʻihi, a ʻaʻole pinepine e kumu i nā hōʻailona nui. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ulu ʻana o ka MPNST, hiki ke kumu i ka ʻeha a i ʻole nā hōʻailona aʻalolo, a loaʻa ka hiki ke hoʻolaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino. ʻO ka biopsy wale nō ka mea hiki ke haʻi pololei i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā mea ʻelua.
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