What to do if nasopharyngeal carcinoma relapses after radiotherapy

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a disease that we are all familiar with, because it often occurs in our daily lives and brings serious inconvenience to people's lives. Moreover, the disease itself is very difficult to treat. So what should we do if nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurs after radiotherapy?

Generally speaking, the prognosis of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the recurrent stage is very poor, so patients should adopt clinically reliable therapies for treatment, including traditional Chinese medicine treatment, surgical treatment, external radiotherapy combined with intracavitary radiotherapy, conformal intensity-modulated external radiotherapy or gamma knife radiotherapy. Because patients have received radiotherapy before, the combined dose and treatment range of radiotherapy in the recurrent stage will be greatly limited. Radiation oncologists need to use special radiation techniques to perform secondary radiotherapy on areas that have been previously treated with radiotherapy. Patients with recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma should also consider participating in clinical trials for treatment.

During the recurrence stage of nasopharyngeal cancer, the patient's overall physical fitness needs to be improved. Patients should pay attention to maintaining a calm state of mind and actively adjust their diet. Cancer is no longer an incurable disease, so patients should not be pessimistic and disappointed. Of course, there is no method that can guarantee that cancer will never recur, so it is crucial to survive with cancer, improve the quality of life, and overcome nasopharyngeal cancer mentally.

The above are some treatment methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients after disease recurrence that we introduced to you today. We hope that it can be of some help to friends in need. At the same time, we also remind all patients and friends to pay more attention to their health and try not to let the disease recur. After recurrence, do not delay and go to the hospital for treatment in time.