How to treat advanced esophageal cancer?

Late-stage esophageal cancer is very difficult to treat, but it is not untreatable. How to treat late-stage esophageal cancer? Let's focus on this issue and ask an expert to give you an introduction.

1. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of esophageal cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of esophageal cancer has no toxic side effects and can better prolong the patient's life span and improve their quality of life. Regulate the body's internal organs.

2. Radiotherapy for esophageal cancer. Irradiation methods include external radiation and intracavitary radiation, preoperative radiation and postoperative radiation. Surgery for cervical and upper thoracic esophageal cancer is traumatic and has a high incidence of complications, but radiation damage is small and the efficacy is better than surgery. Radiotherapy should be the first choice. The radiation source can be 60Co or X-ray.

3. Photodynamic therapy for advanced esophageal cancer. In recent years, new photosensitizing substances and advances in endoscopic technology have further improved photodynamic therapy, making it a commonly used rescue treatment after first-line treatment.

4. Drug treatment for esophageal cancer: It can be combined with radiotherapy to reduce the size of the tumor before surgery or to eliminate residual cancer cells after surgery.

Over the years, esophageal cancer experts have been committed to various research projects on esophageal cancer and have treated countless esophageal cancer patients clinically, significantly improving the quality of life of esophageal cancer patients, prolonging their survival, and increasing their survival rate.

The above is some knowledge about esophageal cancer treatment that we have prepared for you today. We hope it will be helpful to you. If you have any other needs, you can also consult our online consulting experts. We are always ready to answer your questions and give you more detailed guidance.

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