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Uburwayi bwa kanseri y’amaraso bwa Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) ni ubwoko bwa kanseri y’amaraso itera gahoro gahoro mu mugufi w’amagufwa, aho umubiri wawe ukora uturemangingo tw’amaraso. Bitandukanye n’izindi kanseri z’amaraso zikura vuba, CML isanzwe ikura gahoro gahoro mu mezi cyangwa imyaka, ibi bikaba bivuze ko ufite umwanya wo gutegura neza ubuvuzi bwawe.
Ubu burwayi buva aho umugufi wawe utangira gukora utwemangingo tw’amaraso menshi cyane tudakora neza. Tekereza nk’uruganda rukora abakozi kurusha uko rwabatoza neza. Aya turemangingo adasanzwe atuza utwemangingo tw’amaraso dukozwe neza, ariko kubera ko CML ikura gahoro gahoro, abantu benshi babaho ubuzima busanzwe, bukora neza bafite ubuvuzi bukwiye.
CML ni kanseri y’uturemangingo dukora amaraso itangirira mu mugufi w’amagufwa maze igafata amaraso gahoro gahoro. Umugozi w’amagufwa ni umutsima woroshye, uri mu magufwa aho utwemangingo tw’amaraso twose dukora.
Muri CML, impinduka z’imiterere y’uturemangingo ziba mu turemangingo dukomoka ku maraso, bituma byiyongera mu buryo budakozwe. Aya turemangingo tw’amaraso yera adasanzwe, twitwa utwemangingo twa kanseri y’amaraso, ntidukora nk’uturemangingo tw’amaraso yera dukozwe neza. Aho kurinda indwara, atuza utwemangingo tw’amaraso bisanzwe kandi amaherezo ashobora kubangamira ubushobozi bw’umubiri wawe bwo kurwanya indwara, gutwara ogisijeni, no guhagarika kuva kw’amaraso.
Ijambo “chronic” risobanura ko indwara itera gahoro gahoro, bitandukanye na kanseri z’amaraso zikura vuba cyane. Iyi nzira iruta gahoro gahoro ikunze kuguha wowe n’itsinda ry’abaganga bawe umwanya uhagije wo kubona uburyo bw’ubuvuzi bukwiye bukubera.
Abantu benshi bafite CML mu ntangiriro nta bimenyetso na bimwe bagira, niyo mpamvu rimwe na rimwe iboneka mu bipimo by’amaraso bisanzwe. Iyo ibimenyetso bigaragaye, bikunze kugaragara gahoro gahoro kandi bishobora kumvikana nk’ibibazo by’ubuzima busanzwe.
Dore ibimenyetso ushobora kubona uko CML ikura:
Bamwe mu bantu bagira icyo bita umwijima munini, bishobora gutuma igifu cyawe kiba cyuzuye cyangwa kikababaza munsi y’amaguru y’ibumoso. Gake, ushobora kubona ibyitso by’amaraso byaguye cyangwa ukagira ibice bito by’umutuku ku ruhu rwawe byitwa petechiae.
Wibuke ko ibi bimenyetso bishobora kuba bifite impamvu nyinshi, kandi kubigira ntibisobanura ko ufite CML. Ariko rero, niba ufite bimwe muri ibi bimenyetso bikomeye, birakwiye kubiganiraho n’umuganga wawe.
CML igabanyijemo ibice bitatu bitandukanye hashingiwe ku mubare w’uturemangingo tudasanzwe turi mu maraso yawe no mu mugufi w’amagufwa. Gusobanukirwa icyiciro urimo bifasha umuganga wawe guhitamo uburyo bw’ubuvuzi bukoreshwa neza.
Icyiciro cya Chronic ni icyiciro cya mbere kandi cyoroshye cyane, aho utwemangingo tudafite ubuzima butuzuye buri munsi ya 10% y’uturemangingo tw’amaraso yawe. Abantu benshi babimenya muri iki cyiciro, kandi bafite ubuvuzi bukwiye, bakunze kubona ubuzima bwiza mu myaka myinshi. Ibimenyetso byawe muri iki cyiciro bikunze kuba bike cyangwa ntibibaho.
Icyiciro cy’uburwayi cyihuse kibaho iyo 10-19% y’uturemangingo tw’amaraso yawe ari utwemangingo tudafite ubuzima butuzuye, kandi ushobora gutangira kubona ibimenyetso byinshi. Umubare w’amaraso yawe uba bigoye kuyagenzura ukoresheje ubuvuzi busanzwe, kandi ushobora kumva unaniwe cyangwa ukagira ibimenyetso bishya nka fiive cyangwa kubabara mu magufwa.
Icyiciro cya Blast, cyitwa kandi blast crisis, ni icyiciro kirenze aho 20% cyangwa birenga by’uturemangingo tw’amaraso yawe ari utwemangingo tudafite ubuzima butuzuye. Iki cyiciro kimeze nk’indwara y’amaraso ikura vuba kandi isaba ubuvuzi bukomeye. Ibimenyetso birakomeye kandi bishobora kuba harimo indwara zikomeye, ibibazo byo kuva kw’amaraso, cyangwa ibibazo by’imikorere y’imbere mu mubiri.
CML itera iyo impinduka runaka z’imiterere y’uturemangingo ziba mu turemangingo dukomoka ku maraso, bikaba byitwa chromosome ya Philadelphia. Ibi ntabwo ari ikintu urazwe n’ababyeyi bawe, ahubwo ni impinduka iba mu buzima bwawe mu turemangingo tw’umugufi w’amagufwa.
Chromosome ya Philadelphia ibaho iyo chromosomes ebyiri (chromosome 9 na chromosome 22) zimenetse kandi zikagira ibice bihinduka. Ibi bituma habaho gene idasanzwe yitwa BCR-ABL, ikora nk’igikoresho cyashyizwe kuri “on”, kibwira utwemangingo kwiyongera mu buryo budakozwe.
Bitandukanye n’izindi kanseri zimwe na zimwe, CML nta mpamvu z’ibidukikije zisobanutse dufite. Abantu benshi bafite CML nta kintu cy’ingenzi cyabateye cyangwa amateka y’uburwayi mu muryango.
Ariko rero, kwibasirwa n’imirasire ikomeye cyane, nko mu gitero cya bombi cyangwa ubuvuzi bumwe na bumwe, bishobora kongera amahirwe yawe gato. Ubushakashatsi bumwe bwerekana ko kwibasirwa na benzene, ikintu kiri muri essence na bimwe mu bikorwa by’inganda, bishobora kugira uruhare, nubwo iyi mibanire itaragaragazwa neza.
Ugomba kuvugana n’umuganga wawe niba ufite ibimenyetso bikomeye bidakira mu byumweru bike, cyane cyane niba ufite ibimenyetso byinshi biba rimwe. Nubwo ibi bimenyetso bishobora kuba bifite impamvu nyinshi, ni ngombwa kubipima.
Shaka ubuvuzi vuba niba ubona gutakaza ibiro bitasobanuwe birenga ibiro 5, umunaniro ukomeye ubangamira ibikorwa byawe bya buri munsi, cyangwa indwara zikunze kubaho zikira gahoro. Imyeyo y’ijoro ikunze kubaho ibyimba imyenda yawe cyangwa ibitanda na byo bikwiye gupimwa n’abaganga.
Ugomba gushaka ubuvuzi bw’ibanze niba ufite ibimenyetso by’ibibazo bikomeye, nko guhumeka nabi cyane, kubabara mu gituza, guhora ufite umuriro mwinshi, kubabara mu nda cyane, cyangwa kuva kw’amaraso bidasanzwe bidashira. Ibi bimenyetso bishobora kugaragaza ko uburwayi bukura cyangwa bugira ingaruka.
Ntugatinye kwizera ibyiyumvo byawe niba ubona ko hari ikintu kitagenda neza mu buzima bwawe. Kumenya hakiri kare no kuvura CML bishobora kugira uruhare rukomeye mu kubaho kwawe igihe kirekire n’ubuzima bwiza.
Abantu benshi barwara CML nta kintu cy’ingenzi kibateye, ibyo bishobora gutera urujijo no kubabaza. Ubu burwayi bukunze kubaho mu buryo butunguranye, bugatera abantu bo mu mpande zose z’ubuzima.
Dore ibyago bizwi, nubwo kubigira bidafite icyo bivuze ko uzahita urwara CML:
Ni ngombwa gusobanukirwa ko CML idanduza kandi idashobora kwambuka umuntu ku wundi. Ntabwo kandi isa n’iyagendana mu muryango mu bihe byinshi, bityo kugira umuntu wo mu muryango ufite CML ntibyongera amahirwe yawe cyane.
Impinduka z’imiterere y’uturemangingo ziterwa na CML iba mu turemangingo tw’umugufi w’amagufwa mu buzima bwawe, atari mu turemangingo urazwa n’ababyeyi bawe. Ibi bivuze ko ntuzahita uzana CML ku bana bawe, ibyo bishobora guhumuriza imiryango myinshi ifite iki kibazo.
Nubwo CML ikura gahoro gahoro kandi abantu benshi babaho neza bafite ubuvuzi bukwiye, ni byiza kwibaza ku bibazo bishobora kubaho. Gusobanukirwa ibi bishoboka bishobora kugufasha kumenya ibimenyetso by’uburwayi no gukorana n’itsinda ry’abaganga bawe kugira ngo ubikumire cyangwa ubigenzure.
Ikibazo gikomeye ni ukugenda kw’uburwayi mu byiciro byateye imbere. Niba CML idagenzurwa neza, ishobora kuva mu cyiciro cya chronic ikajya mu cyiciro cyihuse maze amaherezo ikajya muri blast crisis, ikaba imeze nk’indwara y’amaraso ikura vuba kandi isaba ubuvuzi bukomeye.
Dore ibindi bibazo bishobora kubaho:
Gake, bamwe mu bantu bashobora kugira ibibazo bituruka ku buvuzi ubwo bwite, nko kubika amazi, gucika intege, cyangwa kwishima ku ruhu kubera imiti igabanya ubukana.
Inkuru nziza ni uko ubuvuzi bugezweho, ibibazo byinshi bishobora gukumirwa cyangwa bigacungwa neza. Gukurikirana buri gihe no kuganira neza n’itsinda ry’abaganga bawe ni ingenzi mu gufata no guhangana n’ibibazo hakiri kare.
Kumenya CML bisanzwe bitangira hakoreshejwe ibizamini by’amaraso bigaragaza umubare udakwiye w’uturemangingo tw’amaraso yera. Umuganga wawe ashobora gutegeka ibi bipimo kubera ibimenyetso urimo cyangwa nk’igice cyo gusuzuma ubuzima busanzwe.
Intambwe ya mbere ni ubusanzwe igipimo cyuzuye cy’amaraso (CBC), gipima ubwoko butandukanye bw’uturemangingo turi mu maraso yawe. Muri CML, iki gipimo kenshi kigaragaza umubare munini w’uturemangingo tw’amaraso yera, cyane cyane neutrophils, kandi bishobora kugaragaza umubare muke w’uturemangingo tw’amaraso y’umutuku cyangwa utwemangingo tw’amaraso duhagarika kuva kw’amaraso.
Niba ibizamini by’amaraso byawe bigaragaza kanseri y’amaraso, umuganga wawe azategeka ibizamini byihariye kugira ngo yemeze uburwayi. Biopsy y’umugufi w’amagufwa isaba gufata igice gito cy’umugufi w’amagufwa uvuye mu gice cy’amagufwa y’ikibero kugira ngo urebwe muri microscope. Nubwo ibi bishobora kuba bibi, bikunze gukorwa hakoreshejwe imiti ihagarika kubabara kandi bifata iminota mike.
Isuzuma ryizewe rya CML rirebana na chromosome ya Philadelphia cyangwa gene ya BCR-ABL. Ibi bishobora gukorwa hifashishijwe uburyo butandukanye, harimo isuzuma ry’imiterere y’uturemangingo, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), cyangwa polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Ibi bipimo byemeza ko ufite CML gusa ahubwo bifasha gukurikirana uko ubuvuzi bukora.
Umuganga wawe ashobora kandi gutegeka ibizamini byo kureba imbere mu mubiri nka CT scan cyangwa ultrasounds kugira ngo arebe ingano y’umwijima wawe n’ibyitso by’amaraso. Ibi bipimo bifasha kumenya uko uburwayi bwakwirakwiye no kuyobora ibyemezo by’ubuvuzi.
Ubuvuzi bwa CML bwahindutse cyane mu myaka makumyabiri ishize, buhindura icyari kanseri ikomeye kuvurwa ikaba uburwayi buhoraho bushobora gucungwa ku bantu benshi. Uburyo nyamukuru bw’ubuvuzi bukoresha imiti igabanya ubukana yibasira protein idasanzwe itera CML.
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) ni imiti ikomeye mu kuvura CML. Aya mafaranga afata mu kanwa ahagarika protein ya BCR-ABL itera kanseri, bituma umugufi w’amagufwa asubira mu buryo busanzwe bwo gukora utwemangingo tw’amaraso. Iyi miti ya mbere kandi ikoreshwa cyane ni imatinib (Gleevec), imaze gufasha abantu benshi kugira umubare usanzwe w’amaraso no kubaho ubuzima buzuye.
Dore uburyo nyamukuru bw’ubuvuzi umuganga wawe ashobora kugutekerezaho:
Abantu benshi batangira ubuvuzi ako kanya nyuma yo kuvumburwa, nubwo badafite ibimenyetso, kuko ubuvuzi bwa hakiri kare bukumira ukugenda kw’uburwayi. Intego ni ukugera ku cyo bita complete cytogenetic response, aho chromosome ya Philadelphia itacyaboneka mu mugufi w’amagufwa.
Itsinda ry’abaganga bawe rizakurikirana uko ubuvuzi bukora hakoreshejwe ibizamini by’amaraso buri gihe na biopsy y’umugufi w’amagufwa. Abantu benshi bagira ibisubizo byiza kandi bashobora kugira umubare usanzwe w’amaraso mu myaka myinshi bafite imiti ifatwa buri munsi.
Gucunga CML iwawe bisaba gufata imiti yawe buri gihe no gushyigikira ubuzima bwawe muri rusange mu gihe ubana n’uburwayi buhoraho. Inkuru nziza ni uko abantu benshi bafite CML igenzurwa neza bashobora gukomeza ibikorwa byabo bya buri munsi n’imigenzo.
Guta imiti yawe ya TKI ukurikije amabwiriza ni ikintu gikomeye cyane ushobora gukora. Aya mafaranga akora neza iyo afashwe igihe kimwe buri munsi, kandi guta igihe bishobora gutuma utwemangingo twa kanseri y’amaraso byiyongera. Shyiraho gahunda ikubereye, ukoresheje imiti yawe mu gitondo cyangwa ukoresheje ibyibutso bya telefoni.
Dore uburyo bwiza bwo gushyigikira ubuzima bwawe iwawe:
Witondere ingaruka zishoboka z’imiti yawe, zishobora kuba harimo isesemi, gucika intege, kubika amazi, cyangwa kwishima ku ruhu. Ingaruka nyinshi zishobora gucungwa hifashishijwe uburyo bworoshye nko gufata imiti hamwe n’ibiribwa, kunywa amazi ahagije, cyangwa gukoresha ibintu byoroheje byo kwita ku ruhu.
Ntugatinye kuvugana n’itsinda ry’abaganga bawe niba ufite ibimenyetso bibangamira cyangwa niba ingaruka z’imiti yawe zigira ingaruka ku buzima bwawe. Hariho ibisubizo byinshi bishobora kugufasha kumva neza mu gihe ukomeza ubuvuzi bukoreshwa.
Kwitunganya ku bw’abaganga bawe ba CML bishobora kugufasha gukoresha neza igihe cyawe n’itsinda ry’abaganga bawe kandi bikaguha ibisubizo by’ibibazo byawe byose. Kwitunganya na byo bifasha kugabanya impungenge kandi biguha ububasha bwo kwita ku buzima bwawe.
Mbere y’umuganga wawe, andika ibimenyetso byose wari ufite, harimo igihe byatangiye n’uko bigira ingaruka ku buzima bwawe bwa buri munsi. Andika ingaruka zose z’imiti yawe, nubwo zisa nkeya, kuko umuganga wawe ashobora kugufasha kuzicunga.
Zana urutonde rwuzuye rw’imiti yose ufata, harimo imiti igurwa mu maduka, imiti y’inyongera, n’imiti y’ibimera. Bimwe muribi bishobora guhangana n’imiti ya CML, bityo umuganga wawe akeneye kumenya neza ibyo ufata.
Tegura urutonde rw’ibibazo ugomba kubabaza umuganga wawe. Ibi bishobora kuba ibibazo ku bipimo byawe bya nyuma, impinduka zose mu igenamigambi ryawe ry’ubuvuzi, gucunga ingaruka, cyangwa impungenge ku kubaho kwawe igihe kirekire. Ntugatekereze kubabaza ibibazo byinshi – itsinda ry’abaganga bawe rishaka kugufasha gusobanukirwa uburwayi bwawe n’ubuvuzi.
Ikintu gikomeye cyo kumenya kuri CML ni uko ari ubwoko bwa kanseri y’amaraso buvurwa neza, cyane cyane iyo bimenyekanye mu cyiciro cya chronic. Nubwo kubona uburwayi bwa kanseri bishobora gutera ubwoba, CML ikunze kwitwa uburwayi buhoraho bushobora gucungwa kurusha uburwayi buhitana.
Ubuvuzi bugezweho bwo kugabanya ubukana bwahinduye ubuvuzi bwa CML, bituma abantu benshi bagira umubare usanzwe w’amaraso kandi bakabaho ubuzima buzuye, bukora. Abantu benshi bafite CML bakomeza gukora, gukora ingendo, no gukora ibyo bishimira mu gihe bacunga uburwayi bwabo bafite imiti ifatwa buri munsi.
Ikintu gikomeye mu kugira CML ni ukumenya hakiri kare, ubuvuzi buhoraho, no gukurikiranwa buri gihe n’itsinda ry’abaganga bawe. Nubwo ugomba gufata imiti igihe kirekire no kujya kwa muganga buri gihe, abantu benshi basanga bashobora kumenyera ibyo bisabwa kandi bagumana ubuzima bwiza.
Wibuke ko uburambe bwa buri muntu kuri CML butandukanye, kandi itsinda ry’abaganga bawe rizakorana nawe kugira ngo ritegure gahunda y’ubuvuzi ikubereye. Komeza kwitabira ubuvuzi bwawe, babaze ibibazo igihe ubifite, kandi ntutinye gushaka ubufasha igihe ubukeneye.
Yego, abantu benshi bafite CML bavurwa neza bashobora kubaho ubuzima busanzwe, bukora. Abantu benshi bakomeza gukora, gukora ingendo, no kwitabira ibikorwa bishimira mu gihe bacunga uburwayi bwabo bafite imiti ifatwa buri munsi. Ikintu gikomeye ni ugufata imiti yawe buri gihe no kugumana umubano mwiza n’itsinda ry’abaganga bawe.
Nubwo CML isanzwe ifatwa nk’uburwayi buhoraho busaba ubuvuzi buhoraho, bamwe mu bantu bageze ku cyo basa n’abagize nk’ubuvuzi burambye bafite imiti igabanya ubukana. Igice gito cy’abantu bashoboye guhagarika ubuvuzi mu gihe bagumana urwego rudasanzwe rw’uburwayi, nubwo ibi bikwiye gukorwa gusa hakurikijwe ubuvuzi buhamye.
Ubuvuzi bugezweho, abantu benshi bafite CML bafite igihe cyo kubaho hafi nk’abasanzwe. Ubushakashatsi bwerekana ko abantu bavumbuwe bafite CML y’icyiciro cya chronic bavurwa neza bafite imiti igabanya ubukana bakunze kubaho igihe kirekire nk’abantu badafite uburwayi. Igipimo cyo kubaho imyaka 10 kuri CML y’icyiciro cya chronic ni hejuru ya 90% ubuvuzi bugezweho.
Guta igihe rimwe na rimwe ntibiba bibi, ariko guhora uta imiti bishobora gutuma utwemangingo twa kanseri y’amaraso byiyongera kandi bikaba byatera ubuvuzi. Niba uta igihe, ufate vuba bishoboka, keretse niba hafi igihe cyo gufata ikindi gihe. Ntuzigere ufata inshuro ebyiri, kandi vugana n’itsinda ry’abaganga bawe niba ugira ibibazo mu gufata imiti yawe buri gihe.
CML ishobora gusubira niba ubuvuzi buhagaritswe hakiri kare cyangwa niba utwemangingo twa kanseri y’amaraso tugira ubuvuzi. Niyo mpamvu abantu benshi bakeneye gukomeza gufata imiti igabanya ubukana igihe kirekire, nubwo ibizamini byabo by’amaraso bigaragaza ko nta bimenyetso by’uburwayi. Umuganga wawe azakukurikirana hafi n’ibizamini by’amaraso buri gihe kugira ngo amenye ibimenyetso by’uburwayi busubira hakiri kare.