Is the cost of early chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma high?

The cost of radiotherapy and chemotherapy is very high, mainly because radiotherapy is very expensive. You need to be prepared for the cost. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy will kill normal cells while killing tumor cells, and the side effects on the body are relatively large.

The cost of a course of treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma generally ranges from 2,000 to 10,000 yuan, and the auxiliary medications vary from hospital to hospital.

In addition, patients should eat more selenium-containing foods before postoperative chemotherapy. Selenium is present in many foods, such as vegetables (cabbage, spinach, pumpkin, garlic, tomato, onion, asparagus, etc.), animal liver, seafood (kelp, cuttlefish, prawns, sea clams, oysters, jellyfish, seaweed, etc.), rice, milk and dairy products, and various fungi. Selenium is a natural anti-cancer substance. It is best to take some selenium supplements such as Selenium Weikang chewable tablets to promote the smooth progress of treatment. It can reduce the side effects of chemotherapy such as vomiting, pain, hair loss, and loss of appetite during chemotherapy.

Also note that after chemotherapy, from the perspective of modern nutrition, the protein nutritional value and calories of various meats and fish are high, and the staple food should be matched with coarse and fine, and strive for diversity. Eat more foods with high nutritional value such as corn, black beans, black sesame, black rice, and eat more vegetables and fruits, because they contain nutrients necessary for the human body, especially various vitamins and cellulose, such as cabbage, jujube, kiwi, cauliflower, mushrooms, citrus, etc. If the blood count decreases, use jujube, longan meat, animal liver, black chicken, turtle meat, etc. in the diet. If loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting occur during chemotherapy, white radish, fresh reed root, fresh lotus root, ginger juice, tangerine peel, etc. can be added as appropriate, and porridge can be taken frequently, which can strengthen the spleen and appetite, reduce adverse reactions and stop vomiting, so as to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.