Diet for elderly patients with tongue cancer

Tongue cancer is the most common oral cancer, more common in men than in women. Most tongue cancers are squamous cell carcinomas, especially in the front 2/3 of the tongue. Adenocarcinomas are less common and are mostly located at the root of the tongue. Lymphoepithelial carcinoma and undifferentiated carcinomas can sometimes occur at the root of the tongue. After a patient is diagnosed with tongue cancer, the correctness of daily diet conditioning can help control the disease. Let us learn about the diet of elderly patients with tongue cancer.

Here are some commonly used diet therapy methods for tongue cancer:

Red bean and mung bean soup

Put red beans and mung beans into a pot together, add water and boil them. When they are half cooked, pour out the soup and add more water to continue cooking until they are well cooked. Season with white sugar. It can clear heat and detoxify, nourish yin and replenish qi, and is also beneficial for muscle regeneration.

Cui Yi Pork Rib Soup

Remove the hard outer skin of the watermelon rind, leaving the green part inside, cut into dices, and cook with the pork ribs and water. Season after it is cooked. This can relieve pain after surgery and side effects after radiotherapy.

Cui Yi Tomato and Dried Oyster Soup

Cut the watermelon rind into pieces, and cut the tomatoes into pieces. Boil the watermelon first, then add the rind and tomatoes. Cook and season. It can be consumed multiple times, which is very helpful for the recovery of tongue cancer patients.

Rehmannia glutinosa, corn and coix seed porridge

First boil the raw rehmannia, remove the residue and take the juice, then add corn and coix seed to cook porridge, season with sugar, which may prevent and treat tongue cancer.

In addition, winter melon, lotus root, white fungus, shiitake mushrooms, etc. can all be used as ingredients for tongue cancer diet therapy. In addition to targeted eating, some foods should also be avoided, such as spicy, stimulating, smoked and grilled foods.