Treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
summary
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a common malignant tumor disease, which poses a great threat to the health of patients. Due to the complexity of its pathogenic factors, active treatment should be carried out after the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma appear, otherwise it may cause serious consequences. So what is the treatment method for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the middle and late stages? Now let's take a look.
Treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
First, radiotherapy is recognized as the preferred treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In 1979, the national NPC conference proposed that radiotherapy should be the main treatment for stage I NPC. Radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be divided into radical radiotherapy and palliative radiotherapy. Radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma can kill the tumor cells, but the normal tissues or organs are inevitably exposed to radiation.
Second: surgical treatment has a certain impact on the health of patients, should choose the appropriate object. Applicable objects: well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma and other cancer tumors that are not sensitive to radiation, and the lesions are limited to the parietal or anterior wall. If there is no surgical contraindication in the whole body, resection of the primary lesions can be considered. The operation is not suitable for the patients of stage II, III and IV
Third: chemotherapy is also a common treatment for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, often used together with other treatment methods. The study found that more than 95% of nasopharyngeal carcinoma belongs to poorly differentiated cancer and undifferentiated cancer type, with high degree of malignancy, fast growth, and easy to appear lymph node or blood channel metastasis. 75% of NPC patients were stage III and IV at the time of diagnosis. The later the stage, the more distant metastasis and the worse prognosis.
matters needing attention
Patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma may have headache, loss of appetite and other symptoms; There may also be liver, lung, bone metastases, accompanied by abdominal distension, shortness of breath, liver pain, hepatomegaly, bone and joint pain. At this time, the patient's spirit will appear fear, if the lack of family and social care, can produce despair, at this time, the family to friends not only from the language, behavior characteristics to find their inner activities, give care and counseling, encourage the confidence to overcome the disease, make the negative psychological state into a positive psychological state, so as to maintain the normal function of the organs, To achieve psychological balance, enhance the ability of stress, improve the body's immune function, play an anti-tumor role
