Is nasopharyngeal carcinoma contagious without treatment

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Recently, neighbors always say that their noses are not good, and they also have sore throats when they eat. They went to the hospital for examination and said that they had nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Due to the limited conditions at home, there was no treatment. In this process, we learned some relevant knowledge, let's get to know it together

Is nasopharyngeal carcinoma contagious without treatment

First, when radiotherapy kills cancer cells, it will kill normal cells indiscriminately, which will reduce human immunity and cause a series of side effects.

Second: on the one hand, it can reduce the damage caused by the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, on the other hand, it can enhance the therapeutic effect, increase white blood cells, prevent recurrence and metastasis, increase the appetite of patients and improve the quality of life.

Third: indications of radical radiotherapy: ① the general condition is above medium; ② there is no obvious bone destruction in skull base; ③ CT or MRI shows that there is no or only mild to moderate infiltration near nasopharynx; ④ the maximum diameter of cervical lymph node is less than 8cm, and the activity has not reached the supraclavicular fossa; ⑤ there is no distant organ metastasis.

matters needing attention

The patients with single distant metastasis or cervical lymph node metastasis more than 10 cm can be changed to radical radiotherapy if the symptoms are improved and the distant metastasis can be controlled after palliative radiotherapy.