Treatment methods for esophageal cancer in the elderly

We all know the symptoms of esophageal cancer. It is not easy to detect in the early stage of the disease. Patients often ignore treatment, which aggravates the disease and even causes metastasis. Patients with esophageal cancer will have difficulty swallowing in the early stage of the disease, and some patients will basically not have other symptoms. There are many ways to treat esophageal cancer, so what are the methods for the elderly with esophageal cancer?

Generally, surgery is an option for the treatment of early esophageal cancer, and it can be divided into palliative surgery and radical surgery. Although it cannot completely cure the disease, there are esophagogastric diversion, gastrostomy, esophageal catheterization, etc. to prolong life. Radical surgery is more effective in the early stages of esophageal cancer.

Radiotherapy is a common treatment for esophageal cancer. It is suitable for patients with severe disease. Generally, patients in the late stage choose this treatment method. The treatment is convenient and fast, and the effect is also very good. However, after radiotherapy, the patient's body cannot bear it for a while, and symptoms such as nausea and vomiting will occur. However, radiotherapy is very harmful to the body of esophageal cancer patients, especially the elderly, who are weak in body. Once the body is damaged, it will be difficult to recover.

Many elderly patients with esophageal cancer will choose TCM to treat the disease. TCM treatment uses this method of treatment, which mainly has a good inhibitory effect on cancer cells in the body. The root cause of esophageal cancer is weak yang qi and decreased body function. The main treatment should warm yang and replenish qi, support positive qi, and improve body function. Therefore, the main prescription for the treatment of esophageal cancer metastasis should reflect this TCM treatment principle. TCM treatment of esophageal cancer has little harm to the body, but the treatment time is long.

When patients with esophageal cancer, especially elderly patients with esophageal cancer, are receiving treatment, they must consult relevant doctors to understand the harm caused by different treatments to the patient's body. In addition, during the treatment process, they must supplement nutrition, because no matter which treatment method is used, it will cause certain harm to the body.