There are many medical treatments for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

The treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be divided into four treatment measures. Do you know the treatment measures for nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Next, let the experts analyze and introduce to you what are the treatment measures for nasopharyngeal carcinoma ? I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

(I) Treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with traditional Chinese medicine

[Therapeutic Method]: Clear away heat and detoxify, extinguish wind and dredge meridians, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis

Xindihua 12, Ephedra 5, Belamcanda 12, Asarum 3, Xanthium 10, Seaweed 18, Kelp 15, Red Peony 12, Astragalus 18, Codonopsis 15

Trichosanthes 18, Acorus calamus 10, Dilong 10, Uncaria rhynchophylla 12, Coix seeds 24, Lycium barbarum 15, Radix Trichosanthis 12, Atractylodes macrocephala 18

2. Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy has always been the first choice for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The reason is that most nasopharyngeal carcinomas are poorly differentiated cancers with high sensitivity to radiation, and the primary lesions and cervical lymph drainage areas are easily included in the irradiation field. Since the 1940s, my country has carried out deep X-ray radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Since the 1950s and 1960s, 60Co external beam radiotherapy has been carried out, and the combined large-field irradiation of the nasopharynx and neck has been changed to small-field irradiation, which reduces radiotherapy reactions and improves survival rates. Currently, the most effective and most certain method is to use a 60Co teletherapy machine.

(III) Surgical treatment

1. Resection of primary lesion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

(1) Indications: ① Highly differentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma, such as adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma grade I, II, and early cases of malignant mixed tumors. ② Local recurrence of the nasopharynx after radiotherapy, with the lesion limited to the posterior or anterior wall of the apex, or only involving the edge of the pharyngeal recess, without infiltration of other parts, without difficulty in opening the mouth, and in good physical condition.

(IV) Chemotherapy

1. Indications for chemotherapy for NPC: (1) Patients with stage IV disease and those with obvious lymph node metastasis; (2) Any patient suspected of having distant metastasis. This is also a treatment measure for NPC.

To sum up, this is a simple analysis of the treatment measures for nasopharyngeal carcinoma by experts. After reading the above introduction, everyone should have some understanding of the treatment measures for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. I hope everyone can pay more attention to it in life.