Does nasopharyngeal cancer require surgery? How to check?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a disturbing disease. Patients are advised to choose a more formal hospital for treatment and not to treat it blindly. If nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not treated in time, it may undergo malignant changes, so it should be taken seriously. The following author introduces whether nasopharyngeal carcinoma requires surgery? How to check?

Does nasopharyngeal cancer require surgery?

Patients with early-stage cancer are recommended to undergo surgery in combination with TCM for overall adjustment. If the cancer is in the late stage, surgery is generally not recommended. However, for this patient who is relatively young, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in combination with TCM are recommended. Radiotherapy causes radiation inflammation, and chemotherapy kills cancer cells while also damaging normal cells. It has significant side effects and can damage the digestive system, bone marrow hematopoiesis, liver and kidney function, and heart function. Surgery is to remove localized tumors and is suitable for patients with single tumors in the early stage without metastasis. However, surgery can only remove visible tumors and cannot eliminate scattered and invisible cancer cells.

It is recommended to use traditional Chinese medicine for treatment, and treat the disease based on syndrome differentiation. The characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine treatment are that it can not only kill cancer cells and control the metastasis of cancer cells to other organs, but also enhance immunity, regulate the balance of yin and yang, reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, improve the patient's current symptoms, reduce the patient's pain, and prolong life.

How to check?

1. Anterior rhinoscopy After the nasal mucosa is converged, the anterior rhinoscopy can glimpse the posterior nasal cavity and nasopharynx to detect cancer that has invaded or invaded the adjacent nostrils.

2. Indirect nasopharyngeal endoscopy is simple and practical. Check the nasopharyngeal wall in turn, pay attention to the posterior wall of the nasopharyngeal roof and the pharyngeal recesses on both sides, and compare and observe the corresponding parts on both sides. Pay more attention to the asymmetric submucosal protrusions or isolated nodules on both sides.

3. Fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy During fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy, 1% ephedrine solution can be used to astringe the nasal mucosa and dilate the nasal passages. Then 1% dicaine solution is used to anesthetize the nasal passages. Then the fiberscope is inserted from the nasal cavity and pushed forward while observing until the nasopharyngeal cavity. This method is simple and the mirror is fixed, but the observation of the posterior nasal cavity and the anterior wall is not satisfactory.

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