How to treat laryngeal cancer?

How to treat laryngeal cancer? The most common type of laryngeal cancer is squamous cell carcinoma, with glottic cancer being the most common, followed by supraglottic cancer, and subglottic cancer being rare. The treatment principle of laryngeal cancer is early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment. Due to the particularity of laryngeal cancer, which is not sensitive to chemotherapy, high-dose chemotherapy and excessive chemotherapy are not advocated clinically. Early-stage patients are mainly treated with radiotherapy, mid-stage patients are recommended to receive radiotherapy plus surgical resection, and late-stage patients are treated with palliative treatment. Comprehensive treatment plans assisted by traditional Chinese medicine can enable most laryngeal cancer patients to achieve long-term survival.

How to treat laryngeal cancer?

For early stage I and II squamous cell carcinoma limited to the vocal cords, surgery or radiotherapy can achieve equally good treatment results. If the cancer exceeds the vocal cords or is supraglottic, surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are mainly used. If there is lymph node metastasis in the neck, neck lymph node dissection should be performed. Chemotherapy can be used for advanced tumors, and it can also be supplemented with traditional Chinese medicine.

When formulating a treatment plan for laryngeal cancer, the patient's condition should be fully understood, including the radiation dose, operation time, language and swallowing function, etc., and a scientific and effective treatment plan should be formulated and implemented. Most laryngeal cancers can achieve ideal long-term efficacy. Relatively small tumors can be treated with radiation therapy or surgery; larger tumors, including tumors in multiple parts of the larynx, can be treated with radiation therapy and surgery; in addition to the larynx, the neck must also be treated because laryngeal cancer has the risk of invading the neck. The neck can also be treated with surgery or radiation. After surgery, patients should pay special attention to their body position when eating to prevent food from choking into the trachea.

Experts remind that preoperative and postoperative nursing care for laryngeal cancer patients is also very important:

Preoperative care: (1) Psychological care: Provide comfort and explanation to the patient and his/her family, care for and show consideration for the patient, meet their reasonable needs, and enable the patient to face the surgery in a good psychological state. (2) If symptoms such as sudden local swelling, extreme difficulty breathing, and increased pulse rate occur, it should be considered that the tumor necrosis and bleeding are compressing the trachea. The doctor should be notified in time and preparations for treatment should be made immediately. (3) For patients who need radiotherapy or chemotherapy before surgery, follow the routine radiotherapy and chemotherapy care.

Postoperative care: (1) After the patient wakes up, he/she should be placed in a semi-recumbent position to facilitate breathing and drainage. (2) Place ice cubes on the neck to prevent bleeding from the incision. (3) Care should be taken to maintain smooth drainage to prevent skin flap necrosis; regularly observe and record the properties and amount of drainage fluid, and notify the doctor in time if any abnormality is found. (4) For patients who undergo postoperative radiotherapy or chemotherapy, routine care should be provided. (5) Strengthen psychological care.

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