Side effects of chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

summary

My father smokes all the year round. Sometimes he coughs when the weather is not good. His nasal sound is very heavy. He also likes to suck his nose. After going to the hospital for examination, he found out that he had nasopharyngeal carcinoma. However, the doctor suggested chemotherapy in the early stage. Let's talk about the side effects of chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Side effects of chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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.