What is the effect of advanced chemotherapy for esophageal cancer

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Recently, grandfather felt a lot haggard, the whole spirit is also a lot worse. My father took him to the hospital for examination, but it turned out that he had advanced esophageal cancer. Grandfather is very old, and his body can't bear to toss. Dad asked about the effect of chemotherapy, and the doctor told us very carefully. Now let me tell you about the effect of advanced chemotherapy for esophageal cancer?

What is the effect of advanced chemotherapy for esophageal cancer

First, patients with advanced esophageal cancer are not suitable for simple chemotherapy. When they reach the advanced stage, their physical functions are generally poor and their immunity is low. Dysphagia is a typical symptom of esophageal cancer. Compared with other patients, patients with advanced esophageal cancer often can't bear the toxic and side effects of chemotherapy, which further affects the physical condition of patients.

Second, the main toxic effects of radiotherapy for esophageal cancer are bone marrow suppression, gastrointestinal reactions and radiation damage to the heart and lung. Patients with advanced cancer are weak, their condition worsens, and their main organ function declines, so it is difficult to tolerate conventional radiotherapy. The local dose of intracavitary therapy is high, and it has a good therapeutic effect on the superficial lesions of early esophageal cancer. However, the therapeutic effect of endoluminal therapy for advanced esophageal cancer is limited due to the limited depth.

Third: radiotherapy, like chemotherapy, can kill cancer cells and normal cells indiscriminately, resulting in the decline of human immunity and a series of side effects. As an adjuvant therapy, Chinese medicine can be taken according to their own situation, which can enhance the therapeutic effect, reduce the pain of patients, prevent recurrence and metastasis, improve the quality of life, and pay attention to diet and necessary exercise.

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We always hope that patients with advanced esophageal cancer can get remission through chemotherapy, but we don't realize that patients are very weak at this time, and chemotherapy itself also has a series of side effects. Therefore, in the advanced stage of esophageal cancer, the effect of chemotherapy is limited, and even makes the patient weaker.