Precautions before operation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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He had a stuffy nose, bloody nose and swollen neck for about a year. He went to Nanhai Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine this month and found nasopharyngeal carcinoma. I have high blood pressure. Today, let me talk about the precautions before the operation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Precautions before operation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

First, when radiotherapy kills cancer cells, it will kill normal cells indiscriminately, which will reduce human immunity and cause a series of side effects.

Second: on the one hand, it can reduce the damage caused by the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, on the other hand, it can enhance the therapeutic effect, increase white blood cells, prevent recurrence and metastasis, increase the appetite of patients and improve the quality of life.

Third: indications of radical radiotherapy: ① the general condition is above medium; ② there is no obvious bone destruction in skull base; ③ CT or MRI shows that there is no or only mild to moderate infiltration near nasopharynx; ④ the maximum diameter of cervical lymph node is less than 8cm, and the activity has not reached the supraclavicular fossa; ⑤ there is no distant organ metastasis.

matters needing attention

The patients with single distant metastasis or cervical lymph node metastasis more than 10 cm can be changed to radical radiotherapy if the symptoms are improved and the distant metastasis can be controlled after palliative radiotherapy.