Is it possible to have a baby in the early stage of nasopharyngeal cancer

Can patients with nasopharyngeal cancer have children in the early stage? I believe everyone wants to have their own biological children, but is it possible for patients with nasopharyngeal cancer? According to research, nasopharyngeal cancer has certain family clustering and hereditary characteristics, so some people will ask, can patients with nasopharyngeal cancer get pregnant and have children?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma refers to a malignant tumor that occurs on the top and side walls of the nasopharyngeal cavity. It is one of the most common malignant tumors in my country, with the highest incidence rate among malignant tumors of the ear, nose and throat. Common clinical symptoms include nasal congestion, blood in mucus, stuffy ears, hearing loss, diplopia and headache. Most nasopharyngeal carcinomas are moderately sensitive to radiotherapy, and radiotherapy is the preferred treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan and other places in China are high-incidence areas, with more males than females. Most of the patients are middle-aged, and there are also teenagers who are sick. The cause is related to racial susceptibility (yellow people are more likely to be sick than white people), genetic factors and Epstein-Barr virus infection. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is highly malignant, and cervical lymph node metastasis can occur in the early stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma symptoms.

Genetic factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma:

1. Family clustering phenomenon: Many NPC patients have a family history of cancer. NPC has a vertical and horizontal family tendency.

2. Racial susceptibility: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is mainly seen in the Asian race and rarely in the Caucasian race. The descendants of ethnic groups with a high incidence rate who have moved to other places (or lived abroad) still have a high incidence rate.

3. Regional concentration: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma mainly occurs in five southern provinces of my country, namely Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian and Jiangxi, and ranks first among local head and neck malignant tumors. Southeast Asian countries are also high-incidence areas.

4. Susceptibility genes: In recent years, molecular genetic studies have found that the main chromosomal changes in NPC tumor cells are chromosomes 1, 3, 11, 12 and 17. The discovery of multiple chromosomal heterozygous loss regions (1p, 9p, 9q, 11q, 13q, 14q and 16q) in NPC tumor cells may indicate the presence of multiple tumor suppressor gene mutations during the development of NPC.

Therefore, it is not recommended for patients with nasopharyngeal cancer to have children, because pregnant women cannot take many medicines, and during the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are inevitable. If you must have children, it is recommended to consider having children 5 years after recovery. Although recurrence is not necessarily after pregnancy, pregnancy during chemotherapy is not good for the fetus and pregnant women. Pregnancy after radiotherapy and chemotherapy may affect the growth and development of your baby. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination before preparing for pregnancy to see the specific situation! If all indicators are normal, you can get pregnant and have a baby.