How long does it take to treat stage 3 nasopharyngeal carcinoma

How long does it take to treat stage 3 nasopharyngeal carcinoma? It is unlikely that stage 3 patients will be completely cured. However, if the operation goes smoothly, life can be very well continued. After the operation, the patient must receive Chinese medicine treatment, which has a good inhibitory effect on the spread of cancer.

Nowadays, with the development of science and technology and the improvement of medical technology, the cure rate of patients with early cancer is still very high. When the body has adverse symptoms, it is necessary to check in time to find out the cause. Early treatment of cancer means early recovery. In treatment, we must also maintain a healthy approach. Cancer is not a terminal illness. Compared with other cancers, nasopharyngeal cancer is not a particularly dangerous cancer. Its overall cure rate is relatively high, and the cure rate of early nasopharyngeal cancer is even higher.

Although the cure rate of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the late stage is relatively high, there is a characteristic of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is that it often metastasizes. In addition to lymph node metastasis, the appearance of lumps in the neck is also a common phenomenon, which will also affect the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. If lymph node metastasis occurs and the tumor is relatively large, chemotherapy should be used first to shrink the tumor, and then radiation and chemotherapy should be combined.

The above is an introduction to the cure rate of stage III nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The following will introduce whether it can be completely cured.

1. Special anatomical position.

The location of nasopharyngeal cancer is relatively hidden, with a vertical diameter of only 5.5cm~6.0cm, and a rectangular cavity shaped like a small matchbox. Its back wall is the cervical vertebrae, and the top wall is the skull base. The hypoglossal, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory nerves and important arteries and veins enter and exit the cranial cavity through the rupture foramen. Nasopharyngeal cancer can also invade the skull from here, and the walls on both sides have large arteries, veins and lymphatic tissues.

2. The rapid development of the lesion brings difficulties and limitations to the surgery.

The tumor of nasopharyngeal carcinoma extends upward into the middle cranial fossa, damaging many cranial nerves and metastasizing to the deep upper cervical lymph nodes. The metastasis rate can be as high as 60% to 80%. It can also metastasize to the skull and neck at the same time, and can also metastasize to the distant liver.

3. Radiotherapy has good effect.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is sensitive to radiotherapy. If radiotherapy is chosen, the patient's 5-year survival rate can reach 50%. In addition, radiotherapy can maintain the original structure of the nasal cavity and has the advantages of less trauma.