The best treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

With the improvement of medical level, the current status of nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment has been significantly improved compared with the past, but the treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma is still not ideal. The main reasons for treatment failure are local regional recurrence or distant metastasis. The treatment effect and choice of treatment method are related to the patient's physical function. The main treatment methods for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma include radiotherapy, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine.

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.