Where is the best treatment for advanced esophageal cancer
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Advanced esophageal cancer is very difficult to treat, my grandfather died because of this disease, but there are still ways to improve the survival time of patients. Let's see where to treat advanced esophageal cancer best.
Where is the best treatment for advanced esophageal cancer
First, chemoradiotherapy has a more direct therapeutic effect on esophageal cancer, which can reduce the tumor and symptoms to a certain extent. However, chemoradiotherapy does great harm to patients, which can inhibit human immunity and cause damage to human function.
Second: surgical resection for most patients with early esophageal cancer, esophageal cancer resection can be cured, because at this time the cancer is small, has not yet spread metastasis, the most effective treatment is surgical resection. However, the specific effect needs to be evaluated according to the patient's physical condition and living conditions. Generally, the prognosis of early esophageal cancer surgery is related to the size of resection. The smaller the cancer, the higher the five-year survival rate. Therefore, according to the patient's condition to choose the appropriate treatment.
Third, cellular immunotherapy is a method of inhibiting and treating tumors by stimulating the human body's autoimmune system. While killing tumor cells, it can regulate and restore the immune function in the body, kill the formed tumor cells, inhibit the formation of new tumor cells, and block the origin of tumor recurrence and metastasis. It has a very good therapeutic effect for esophageal cancer .
matters needing attention
After esophageal cancer surgery, patients should change their sleeping posture to raise their head slightly to prevent food from flowing back into the esophagus from the stomach. Quit smoking and alcohol in order to reduce the risk of cancer, and improve appetite and nutrition. Postoperative esophageal cancer is very easy to relapse, to regularly review, abnormal to timely treatment.