What are the pathological characteristics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and laryngeal cancer and what are the dietary treatment methods?

Nasopharyngeal cancer and laryngeal cancer are two common cancer diseases in the population. So, what are the pathological characteristics of nasopharyngeal cancer and laryngeal cancer? What is the dietary therapy?

What are the pathological characteristics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and laryngeal cancer?

1. Cause: It may be related to environmental, viral, genetic and other factors.

Second pathological changes

1. Prevalent sites: The top of the nasopharynx is the most common, followed by the lateral wall and pharyngeal recess, and the anterior wall is the least common.

2. Macroscopically: In the early stage, the local mucosa is rough or slightly raised; later, it becomes nodular, cauliflower-shaped, submucosal, or ulcerative. Tissue types: squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and undifferentiated carcinoma.

There are three ways of spread: direct spread, lymphatic metastasis, and hematogenous metastasis.

2. Laryngeal cancer:

1. Pathological changes: It is divided into intra-laryngeal cancer and extra-laryngeal cancer, which mostly occur in the vocal cords. The tissue types include squamous cell carcinoma, which is the most common, and adenocarcinoma.

There are two routes of spread: direct spread is common, lymphatic metastasis is later, and blood metastasis.

What is diet therapy?

1. Prickly lettuce porridge

Ingredients: 250g fresh cardoon, 50g polished rice, 20g white sugar.

Preparation method: Wash and chop the fresh and tender prickly vegetables, squeeze out the juice and set aside; cook the polished rice into porridge using the usual method, pour in the vegetable juice after it is cooked, add sugar after boiling, and drink it warm.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and detoxifies, cools blood and stops bleeding.

Jujube and lean meat soup

Ingredients: 60g of Ishigami cypress, 100g of lean pork, 12 large red dates.

Method: Wash the above three ingredients, put the stone cypress in a gauze bag, put it in a casserole and add 1.5kg of water. Cook over low heat until the meat is cooked, take out the gauze bag of the stone cypress, eat the meat and dates and drink the soup. Take 1 dose per day, and can be taken continuously.

Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling.

The above is an introduction to the relevant pathological characteristics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and laryngeal cancer. Patients suffering from nasopharyngeal carcinoma can adopt the above dietary therapy.