How many times is nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy appropriate?

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Many NPC patients and their families should understand that radiotherapy is the first choice for NPC patients, but for patients with poorly differentiated NPC (with or without distant metastasis), it can be combined with chemotherapy to achieve the purpose of radiotherapy efficiency and reduce the chance of distant metastasis. Since nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be treated with chemotherapy, how long it takes for nasopharyngeal carcinoma to be treated with chemotherapy naturally becomes the concern of many patients. Here I would like to share with you how many times radiotherapy is suitable for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

How many times is nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy appropriate?

First, the concept of chemotherapy time is generally expressed in two ways: cycle and course of treatment. From the first day of injection of chemotherapy drugs to the 21st or 28th day, that is, 3-4 weeks is called a cycle; A course of treatment refers to 2-3 cycles of continuous chemotherapy, and some tumors need 4-6 cycles of chemotherapy.

Second: if the chemotherapy time of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is calculated by cycle, it is generally 3-4 weeks as a cycle. It should be noted that chemotherapy drugs are not used every day in a cycle, usually in the first 1-2 weeks, and rest in the second 1-2 weeks, so that the patient can rest for a short time until the bone marrow function returns to normal.

Third: some chemotherapy drugs inhibit bone marrow relatively late, recovery is relatively slow, so individual programs need 6 weeks to calculate a cycle. If the chemotherapy time of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is calculated by the course of treatment, according to the degree of disease development and the physical condition of patients, it generally needs to be done 4-6 times, and some can also be done 8 times.

matters needing attention

It is suggested that the effect of comprehensive treatment of traditional Chinese and Western medicine is better. Usually can drink some soup is also a good choice for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients during chemotherapy, such as corn carrot bone soup, Xiangru, bone soup, mainly to clear.