What are the treatments for nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

After suffering from nasopharyngeal cancer, it will have a certain impact on the patient, so it is necessary to cure nasopharyngeal cancer in time. So, what are the main treatments for nasopharyngeal cancer ? Let's learn about it from the following article.

1. Intensity modulated radiotherapy: At present, the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with intensity modulated radiotherapy is still in the exploratory stage. Conformal radiotherapy makes the high-dose distribution area fit the three-dimensional shape of the nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumor area much better than conventional external irradiation.

2. Stereotactic radiotherapy: This is also one of the treatment methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The advantage of this method is that it can strictly protect the important organs adjacent to the nasopharyngeal cavity from or from radiation exposure, and at the same time, the tumor site of nasopharyngeal carcinoma can receive the maximum possible dose, thereby effectively killing the tumor cells of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

3. Intranasopharyngeal afterloading radiotherapy: This treatment method for nasopharyngeal carcinoma mainly uses a high-dose rate micro-iridium source, and a computer-controlled motor correctly delivers the radioactive source to the irradiated area. The treatment planning system makes an individualized plan design, which is effective in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. At present, for early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma, high-dose rate brachytherapy can be used after conventional external irradiation to a certain dose, and high-dose rate brachytherapy can be used to increase the amount of radiotherapy to obtain a better treatment effect for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

The above is a detailed description of the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. I hope it can help everyone understand the knowledge of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and cure it in time. If you have other questions about nasopharyngeal carcinoma, you can contact our experts to answer your questions.

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