Thymic cancer spread symptoms?

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Thymic carcinoma is a rare mediastinal malignant tumor derived from thymic epithelial cells. The most common histological types are squamous cell carcinoma and undifferentiated carcinoma. But the degree of malignancy is great, and the damage to patients is very large. Thymic cancer is usually treated by surgical resection, which can directly remove the focus and control the condition. Thymic cancer is a relatively high malignancy, due to the variation of thymic epithelial cells. Although the incidence rate of thymic cancer is low, it still brings serious harm to many patients. Because the early symptoms of thymic cancer are relatively hidden, many patients are already advanced at the time of diagnosis. The purpose of advanced treatment of thymic cancer is to improve the quality of life and prolong life. So how long can thymic cancer live in advanced stage? Let's talk about it.

Thymic cancer spread symptoms?

In the late stage of thymic cancer, cancer cells often penetrate the capsule, infiltrate and spread to the pericardium, lung, pleura, chest wall and other tissues, which bring severe chest pain, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, neck mass, superior vena cava syndrome, cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea and other malignant complications. In the advanced stage of thymic cancer, due to the rapid progress of the disease, the patients often have extensive metastasis of mediastinal lymph nodes, aortic lymph nodes and supraclavicular lymph nodes. Due to the rupture of metastatic lymph nodes and erosion of blood vessels, the patients often have hematogenous metastasis and metastasis to the lung, liver, brain, bone, kidney and other organs, resulting in malignant complications of corresponding organs, Some patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, anemia and severe myasthenia gravis symptoms, bring great threat to the lives of patients.

At this time, due to the high degree of malignancy of lymph node and blood metastasis, surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can not completely kill the cancer cells, often resulting in high-risk complications of recurrence and metastasis of cancer cells. At present, the common method for the treatment of advanced thymic cancer is chemoradiotherapy. Chemoradiotherapy can directly inhibit or kill cancer cells, control local symptoms and alleviate the disease. The short-term curative effect is significant. However, due to the side effects of chemoradiotherapy and the lack of chemoradiotherapy, it can not be completely eliminated, but also cause additional damage to patients. Therefore, it is suggested that patients should cooperate with TCM treatment.

How long can thymic cancer live in advanced stage? This is the concern of many patients with advanced thymic cancer and their families. Experts believe that it is difficult to have a clear answer to the survival time of thymic cancer. The treatment of thymic cancer is a systematic process, involving many factors. Generally speaking, the survival time of patients with advanced thymic cancer mainly depends on whether the treatment method is appropriate, as well as the patient's physical function, psychological status and family care.

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In addition, patients with advanced thymic cancer and their families should know more about the treatment of advanced thymic cancer, which is helpful to prolong the survival time of advanced thymic cancer..