Treatment of elderly patients with esophageal cancer

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Not long ago, my uncle just found out that esophageal cancer is a kind of disease. In daily life, there are often symptoms of foreign body sensation in the throat. The doctor suggested that we adopt the conservative way of traditional Chinese medicine to treat it. As for the treatment of elderly patients with esophageal cancer, I would like to tell you the following, so as to facilitate you to treat this disease better.

Treatment of elderly patients with esophageal cancer

Treatment 1: surgical resection should be the first choice for the treatment of esophageal cancer. Most patients can get long-term survival after surgical resection. Therefore, once diagnosed as early esophageal cancer, surgery should be carried out as soon as possible, and there is still hope for the cure of esophageal cancer.

Treatment 2: radical resection of esophageal cancer is the main surgical method for early treatment of esophageal cancer. The scope of resection includes the tumor and its lymph nodes. After surgery, immunotherapy can be used for a period of time to prevent recurrence and accelerate the recovery of patients' physical function.

Treatment method 3: for patients with advanced esophageal cancer, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can not be adopted. The treatment is mainly based on traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine nutrition support. To achieve the purpose of improving physical fitness, such as physical improvement or suggest local radiotherapy and appropriate systemic chemotherapy.

matters needing attention

Patients with esophageal cancer should avoid contact with spicy and irritating food. If possible, they can stew more broth. Eggs, fish, shrimps, all kinds of meat, pig liver and other foods with high protein content are good nutrients. They can also supplement some milk powder, milk, soybean milk and so on.