Tips: Three methods for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Many people may be familiar with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In fact, nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a very serious malignant tumor that occurs in the nasopharyngeal mucosa. What are the methods for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma ? The following is an introduction to the methods for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

1. Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy has always been the first choice for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The reason is that most nasopharyngeal carcinomas are poorly differentiated cancers with high sensitivity to radiation, and the primary lesions and the neck lymphatic drainage area are easily included in the irradiation field. Since the 1940s, my country has carried out deep X-ray radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Since the 1950s and 1960s, 60Co external beam radiotherapy has been carried out, and the combined large-field irradiation of the nasopharynx and neck has been changed to small-field irradiation, which has reduced radiotherapy reactions and improved survival rates. Currently, the most effective and most certain method for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma is to use a 60Co teletherapy machine.

(ii) Surgical treatment

1. Resection of primary lesion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

(1) Indications:

① Highly differentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma, such as adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma grade I and II, and early cases of malignant mixed tumors.

② Local recurrence of the nasopharynx after radiotherapy, the lesions are limited to the posterior or anterior wall of the pharynx, or only involve the edge of the pharyngeal recess, without infiltration of other parts, no difficulty in opening the mouth, and the physique is still good.

③ If a radical dose of radiotherapy has been given and the primary nasopharyngeal lesion has not disappeared or radiation resistance has occurred, surgical resection can be performed after a month of rest.

(III) Chemotherapy

There are mainly the following types:

(1) Patients in stage IV and those with obvious lymph node metastasis;

(2) Any patient suspected of having distant metastasis;

(3) For patients with large lymph node metastases in the cervical region, induction chemotherapy should be performed before radiotherapy;

(4) Chemotherapy as a sensitizer before radiotherapy;

(5) As adjuvant chemotherapy after radiotherapy or surgical treatment.

The above is an introduction to the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Once you have nasopharyngeal carcinoma, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.

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