Recurrence time after laryngeal cancer treatment

How long does it take for laryngeal cancer to recur after treatment? The most distressing thing for patients is the recurrence of the disease, so what patients want to know most is the treatment method after recurrence. Laryngeal cancer is a type of cancer. When this disease occurs, patients will have many symptoms, which will bring great pain and impact to patients and seriously threaten their life safety. In the early stage of laryngeal cancer, surgery is generally chosen for treatment. Many people choose to combine surgery, radiotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. Laryngeal cancer is prone to recurrence. How long does it take for laryngeal cancer to recur after treatment? How to treat it if it recurs?

How long does it take for laryngeal cancer to recur after treatment?

Early-stage laryngeal cancer is very likely to be cured after surgery, and the possibility of recurrence is relatively small. Everyone's condition is different, so regular checkups are necessary.

How long does it take for laryngeal cancer to recur after treatment? How to treat it with compound medicine?

How to treat cancer after recurrence? Let’s take a look at the introduction in the article below.

1. Surgery

The principle of surgical treatment for laryngeal cancer is to completely eradicate the tumor and preserve the laryngeal function as much as possible. However, if the tumor is extensive and not completely removing the larynx is not enough to remove the tumor, complete laryngeal resection should be considered, and voice reconstruction should be performed at the same time or later. Laryngeal cancer surgery can usually be divided into three categories: microlaser laryngeal cancer, local partial laryngectomy, and total laryngectomy. Microlaser laryngeal cancer surgery is used for T1 vocal cord cancer lesions: local partial laryngectomy is suitable for patients with glottic and supraglottic laryngeal cancer T1, T2 and some T3 lesions, and total laryngectomy is suitable for patients with advanced laryngeal cancer.

2. Radiation therapy

Radiotherapy for laryngeal cancer basically includes radical radiotherapy, preoperative radiotherapy, postoperative radiotherapy and palliative radiotherapy. Generally, radiotherapy alone is mainly for patients who cannot undergo surgery or cannot tolerate surgery and patients with stage 1 lesions, while preoperative radiotherapy is mainly for some patients with advanced tumors.

3. Chemotherapy

Since laryngeal cancer is mainly squamous cell carcinoma, it is not sensitive to chemotherapy, so chemotherapy can only be used as an auxiliary medical method.

4. Combination of Chinese and Western Medicine

It is currently the most popular and best treatment for laryngeal cancer and other cancers. It uses Western medicine to hinder the growth and spread of cancer cells, and then assists with Chinese medicine conditioning to achieve the effect of treating both the symptoms and the root causes. Radiotherapy combined with Chinese medicine can enhance the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiation, prevent and reduce the adverse reactions and sequelae of radiotherapy, and consolidate the effect of radiotherapy, prevent recurrence and metastasis, and improve long-term efficacy.