What are the treatments for esophageal cancer

After getting esophageal cancer, anyone will feel scared, because everyone knows that this is a relatively serious disease. After suffering from esophageal cancer, not only the patient's ability will be affected, but also the patient's family members will be affected. It is also very difficult to treat the disease. So, what are the treatments for esophageal cancer? Regarding this issue, let's take a closer look.

1. Surgery

Surgery is a common surgical treatment for esophageal cancer, and is mainly used for early localized lesions. For patients in the middle and late stages, this treatment method is not particularly good. In addition, this method is somewhat traumatic, so some esophageal cancer patients are not particularly suitable for this method.

2. Radiation therapy

Radiation therapy is generally used before or after surgery to reduce the size of the tumor and eliminate residual cancer cells. However, some cancer patients are not suitable for radiation therapy for various reasons and can consider other treatment methods.

3. Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy can be used as a standalone treatment, but the effect is not particularly good. It is usually combined with radiation therapy to reduce the size of the tumor or eliminate residual cancer cells after surgery to achieve better treatment results.

4. Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment measures are usually not chosen by patients because for patients with malignant tumors, the effect of traditional Chinese medicine treatment is too slow to control the spread of cancer cells in time. It is generally used as an auxiliary treatment after other treatments.

This article introduces several methods for treating esophageal cancer. These four methods have their own advantages. After getting esophageal cancer, the most important thing is to receive timely treatment and choose the appropriate treatment method, so that esophageal cancer can be better treated. I hope that all esophageal cancer patients can get rid of this disease as soon as possible.