Can spraying medicine relieve the nasal congestion caused by nasopharyngeal cancer?

Some people think that cancer is incurable. In fact, if cancer can be detected and treated early, it can be effectively controlled. In today's society, technology is very advanced. People need to pay attention to their physical changes. Many people do not pay attention to their physical conditioning, which can easily lead to the occurrence of diseases. People need to pay attention to some treatment methods, such as nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Although this disease is very common, many people do not understand the treatment methods. So what are the main methods for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

What are the main treatments for nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

1. Radiotherapy Radiotherapy is the first choice for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cobalt-60 radiotherapy is superior to deep X-ray irradiation and can also be used in combination with intracavitary radium therapy. Radiotherapy has a more direct killing effect on cancer cells, but the adverse reactions are relatively large and will cause damage to normal cells.

2. Combined chemotherapy Chemotherapy can be used in conjunction with radiotherapy, or for palliative treatment of patients with advanced distant metastasis or recurrence after radiotherapy. Commonly used drugs include cisplatin, carboplatin, cyclophosphamide, bleomycin, 5-fluorouracil, etc. The effect is better than radiotherapy or chemotherapy alone.

3. Surgical treatment Due to the characteristics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, surgery cannot be the first choice for treatment. However, surgery is still beneficial as a salvage treatment measure when recurrence occurs after radiotherapy.

4. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine plays an important role in the treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. It can not only reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy on the human body, but also play a role in increasing efficacy and reducing toxicity in the treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.