What is the effect of radiotherapy for esophageal cancer

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My grandfather suffered from esophageal cancer, and now he has passed away. He was ill ten years ago. Through unremitting treatment, he has lived for more than two years. Many patients with esophageal cancer do not know much about the treatment of this disease, especially when esophageal cancer is treated with radiotherapy. How about the effect of radiotherapy for esophageal cancer? I hope my little experience can help you.

What is the effect of radiotherapy for esophageal cancer

First of all, if you are diagnosed with esophageal cancer, radiotherapy is a double-edged sword, which can not only play a good effect, but also cause damage to the normal cells of the body. Of course, there are individual differences, but if combined with traditional Chinese medicine anti-tumor drugs, it can strengthen the curative effect, reduce the side effects of chemotherapy, and play a better therapeutic effect.

Secondly, esophageal cancer should adhere to radiotherapy, chemotherapy should be done according to the course of treatment, follow the doctor's advice, how the patient is not in good health, need to delay chemotherapy, chemotherapy is not conducive to the combination of knife edge, so can take traditional Chinese medicine to repair the damaged immune system, make the body recover as soon as possible, make the patient live a healthy life.

Finally, if the patients are already advanced esophageal cancer, radiotherapy is a common method for advanced patients, but the traditional method will bring some side effects to the health of patients, but the time of chemotherapy is uncertain, so patients with esophageal cancer should choose the treatment method according to their own actual situation.

matters needing attention

In order to enhance the constitution of patients with esophageal cancer, patients with esophageal cancer pay special attention to their diet. There are many things that can't be touched when eating. The "five Taboos" of esophageal cancer diet are: avoid eating sweet, greasy, spicy, fried and baked food; avoid alcohol; avoid eating strong smelling food, such as stinky tofu, milk cool, etc.; avoid some food rich in 5-hta, such as banana, walnut, eggplant, etc; Avoid lying down immediately after meals to avoid food reflux and nausea.