How to treat esophageal cancer without recurrence
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Often eat hot pot, eat spicy food, the most likely to suffer from esophageal cancer, once suffering from esophageal cancer, it is necessary to use surgery to eradicate, so as not to worsen the disease, more difficult to control, to tell you how to treat esophageal cancer patients can not easily relapse!
How to treat esophageal cancer without recurrence
Method 1: at the beginning of esophageal cancer patients, surgery is the best choice, surgery is the first choice for the treatment of esophageal cancer. If the general condition is good, the cardiopulmonary function reserve is good, and there is no obvious sign of distant metastasis, surgical treatment can be considered. In general, cervical cancer length < 3cm, upper thoracic cancer length < 4cm, lower thoracic cancer length < 5cm are more likely to be resected.
Method 2: combined radiotherapy and surgery can increase the resection rate and long-term survival rate. After preoperative radiotherapy, it is more appropriate to rest for 3-4 weeks before operation. The residual cancer tissue that is not completely removed during the operation should be marked with metal, and the postoperative radiotherapy should be started 3-6 weeks after the operation. ② Radiotherapy alone is mostly used for cervical and upper thoracic esophageal cancer. The operation of this kind of patients is often difficult, with many complications and unsatisfactory curative effect. It can also be used for patients with contraindications for surgery but the lesion time is not long, and the patients can tolerate radiotherapy.
Method 3: the combination of chemotherapy and surgery, radiotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine can sometimes improve the curative effect, or relieve the symptoms and prolong the survival period of patients with esophageal cancer. But we should check the blood picture and liver and kidney function regularly, and pay attention to the drug reaction.
matters needing attention
Esophageal cancer patients must not give up treatment, timely treatment can prolong life, patients in addition to according to the doctor's instructions, but also to keep their mood good, not because of their illness and lead to depression, suffering from depression.