Is esophagus cancer good with paclitaxel

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Uncle suffering from esophageal cancer, now after surgery and chemotherapy, chemotherapy during the use of a lot of drugs, but uncle's hair also lost a lot, the whole person is haggard, tell you whether esophageal cancer chemotherapy can use paclitaxel!

Is esophagus cancer good with paclitaxel

First of all: the drug used in esophageal cancer patients during chemotherapy is likely to be paclitaxel, which has a certain effect on the treatment. Men are more likely to have esophageal cancer than women, and most patients with esophageal cancer are over 40 years old. And once the patient has esophageal cancer, he will slowly have the symptoms of progressive dysphagia. The patient is not only unable to swallow dry food, but also water and saliva.

Second: if the patient has esophageal cancer, then you can consider going to a regular hospital for surgery, and radical surgery is an effective method for the treatment of esophageal cancer. Moreover, the operation of esophageal cancer is suitable for patients with good general condition, and the patients who need operation need better cardiopulmonary function reserve.

Finally: some patients with inoperable esophageal cancer can be treated with radiotherapy, and combined with surgery for comprehensive treatment. Appropriate radiotherapy can not only reduce the pain, but also improve the long-term survival rate. It is suggested that patients should rest for four weeks before operation after preoperative radiotherapy.

matters needing attention

Early esophageal cancer re selection dysphagia, patients need to carefully distinguish with benign esophageal tumor, and some achalasia patients will also have swallowing problems, can do barium swallow X-ray esophageal film distinction, patients should eat more liquid food, eat less hard food.