Experts answer common methods of treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma

As people's living habits change, more and more people are suffering from nasopharyngeal cancer. So what are the common methods of treating nasopharyngeal cancer ? Here are some common methods of treating nasopharyngeal cancer.

In general, the common treatments for nasopharyngeal carcinoma are:

1. Drug therapy is a method of treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma by using drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs can be taken orally or injected into the body through veins or muscles. Since chemotherapy drugs entering the human body can circulate throughout the body with the blood and kill cancer cells in various parts of the body, this therapy is called systemic chemotherapy. Chemotherapy alone is not a standard treatment for early and middle-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Doctors often use a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Experiments have shown that the combined use of chemotherapy and external radiotherapy can improve the local control rate of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and the long-term survival rate of patients. Chemotherapy can also be used to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the recurrence period, but its efficacy is not very significant.

2. Surgery: Doctors use surgery to remove tumors and cancer cells to achieve the purpose of treating nasopharyngeal cancer. Because the nasopharynx is closely connected to many other important parts, surgery is not the first choice for treating nasopharyngeal cancer. However, if nasopharyngeal cancer patients cannot undergo radiotherapy, surgical treatment is the only option. If the cancer has spread to the neck lymph nodes, the doctor needs to remove the neck lymph nodes and other tissues around the lymph nodes.

3. Biological therapy: Biological therapy mainly treats nasopharyngeal carcinoma by improving the human immune system. This method is also called immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is not one of the standard methods for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma, so immunotherapy must be used under the mechanism of clinical trials.

The above is an introduction to the common methods of treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Patients should choose the method of treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma that suits them according to their actual condition and should not choose blindly.

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