Can nasopharyngeal carcinoma be treated surgically? What other methods can be used?

Surgery is a common method for many diseases, but it is not good for some diseases to be treated with surgery, and it will bring some bad consequences. The author will introduce to you below, can nasopharyngeal cancer be treated with surgery? What other methods can be used?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be treated surgically, but it is difficult. Usually, surgical removal of cancerous tumors can prevent the spread and metastasis of cancer cells. Because of the special anatomical location of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, special attention is required when performing surgery on nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The back wall of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is the cervical vertebrae, the top wall is the skull base, and the foramen of the rupture has the sublingual, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory nerves and important arteries and veins entering and exiting the cranial cavity. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma also invades the skull through this. There are large arteries, veins and lymphatic tissues on both sides of the wall. These many connecting tissues have caused certain difficulties in surgery, but it cannot be said that nasopharyngeal carcinoma cannot be operated on.

In addition to surgical treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, you can also try conservative treatment programs that combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Most patients can control the progression of the disease, relieve pain, and prolong life. Patients with good results can also survive with tumors for a long time. The next step is to use appropriate radiotherapy and chemotherapy according to the patient's constitution, and at the same time cooperate with some traditional Chinese medicine treatments, apply a series of Chinese patent medicines and Chinese herbal medicines, and through oral, external, intravenous drips, etc., it also has a certain inhibitory and killing effect on tumor cells in the body, and can also improve the body's own anti-tumor ability, improve patient symptoms, and improve the quality of life. It is best to contact the hospital, provide the patient's detailed case information, and then consult a specific medication plan.

Radiotherapy is also good, but everyone should pay attention that radiotherapy kills tumor cells through chemical drugs and radiation, which can reduce the burden of tumor cells locally or systemically and is effective quickly, but it cannot eradicate tumor cells, is prone to recurrence and metastasis, has great systemic toxic side effects, and can easily cause symptoms such as nausea and vomiting in patients, causing damage to the body's immune function, dealing a heavy blow to the patient's physical and mental health, and seriously undermining the patient's confidence in fighting cancer.