Common treatment of esophageal cancer

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My grandmother is suffering from esophageal cancer. In the early stage of esophageal cancer, when eating, there will be obstacles in the esophagus, and in the late stage, there will be edema, especially in the night when there is a high frequency of defecation and urination. After a period of treatment in the hospital, her condition has improved to a certain extent. Now I will talk about esophageal cancer I'll tell you some of the treatments.

Common treatment of esophageal cancer

The harm of esophageal cancer is relatively large, for patients with this disease, should be timely to the regular hospital for examination and treatment, can be combined with radiotherapy to reduce the size of the tumor before surgery, or eliminate the residual cancer cells after surgery. Interventional therapy of esophageal cancer arterial infusion chemotherapy or embolization is a kind of chemotherapy. It is suitable for middle and late esophageal cancer.

Radiation is used to reduce tumor size before surgery or to eliminate residual cancer cells after surgery. When the size and location of the tumor are not suitable for surgical resection, or other factors of the patient are not suitable for surgery, radiotherapy is another alternative to surgery.

Surgical needle for early patients with local cancer treatment, but for the disease has developed to advanced patients, the common treatment of esophageal cancer can not achieve complete cure effect, so in the choice of treatment must be careful.

matters needing attention

For patients with esophageal cancer this disease should cause people's attention, for this disease, should be timely to the regular hospital for examination and treatment, to avoid causing more serious harm to the body, at the same time in daily life should timely correct bad habits, for this disease to have a positive and optimistic attitude to treatment. In the common treatment of esophageal cancer, this method can be combined with radiotherapy to reduce the size of the tumor or eliminate the residual cancer cells, which is also the best combination therapy. Interventional therapy and injection therapy also belong to chemotherapy.