Is radiotherapy good for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Uncle some time ago felt that his nose was very uncomfortable, his nose was not very smooth, and there was blood in his snot. The doctor said it was nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and suggested radiotherapy. Now let me introduce radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Is radiotherapy good for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

First, because of the particularity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, radiotherapy is indeed the first choice of treatment. At present, there is no other treatment that exceeds radiotherapy in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma has a special anatomical position. There are a large number of important organs nearby, so the operation risk is high, and the operation is destructive to the head, neck and maxillofacial structure.

Second: nasopharyngeal carcinoma is sensitive to radiation, radiotherapy is currently recognized and effective means of radical treatment, early patients generally use radiotherapy alone, late patients with radiotherapy based comprehensive treatment of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Radiotherapy is the first choice for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, supplemented by surgery, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine conservative treatment.

Third: when radiotherapy kills cancer cells, it will kill normal cells indiscriminately, which will reduce human immunity and cause a series of side effects. As an adjuvant treatment, we can take some Chinese medicine according to our own situation, on the one hand, it can reduce the harm of the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy to patients, on the other hand, it can enhance the therapeutic effect.

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Because of the special location of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, radiotherapy is the main treatment. Radiotherapy is of great significance for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In addition, radiotherapy also produces a series of side effects, which can not be avoided.