What method is good that treats nasopharynx cancer

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A friend of mine has nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and his normal life has also been affected. Regularly go to the hospital for examination, the doctor will prescribe some medicine to control the disease, and the doctor said that when the disease is a little more serious, you need to use the method of radiotherapy. Next, I will tell you which methods are good for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

What method is good that treats nasopharynx cancer

First, external irradiation can be carried out by continuous or segmented methods. Although the long-term effects of the two methods are similar, the total time of the former is shorter, but the reaction after radiotherapy is heavier; the total time of the latter is longer, but the reaction after radiotherapy is lighter. Systemic chemotherapy can be administered orally, intramuscularly or intravenously. The commonly used drugs are nitrogen mustard, cyclophosphamide, 5-fluorouracil, bleomycin, cetipine and so on. It can be used alone or in combination.

Second: radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy, for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be combined with chemotherapy. It has been reported that the effect of combination therapy is better than that of single therapy. Immunotherapy includes interferon inducer, phytohemagglutinin tumor vaccine and so on. It is still in the exploratory stage.

Third, the indication of surgical treatment is not the main treatment method, only in a few cases. The indications are as follows: nasopharyngeal localized lesions do not subside or recur after radiotherapy. Neck lymph node dissection is feasible for patients with metastatic lymph nodes in the neck, which do not subside after radiotherapy and present as an active solitary mass.

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For the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, we recommend that patients be treated as soon as possible, because the symptoms are not particularly serious in the early stage. You can take medicine or surgery to prevent the metastasis of cancer cells. In addition, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are also very good methods. In addition, patients should also pay attention to their own diet.