What are the factors that affect the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and what should we pay attention to?

With the rapid development of the current economy, people's living environment is being polluted at an accelerated rate, resulting in more and more diseases. The author introduces the factors that affect the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. What should we pay attention to?

The following factors may affect the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma:

1. Race. Studies have shown that there is no significant difference in the local control rate and overall survival rate of NPC among different races.

2. Gender. There is no significant difference in prognosis between men and women, but some studies have shown that women have a better prognosis than men.

3. Age. Many studies have shown that young patients have better local control and survival rates. Children and adolescents have a good prognosis, while pregnant and lactating women are more likely to have distant metastasis and have a poor prognosis.

4. Clinical staging. The earlier the staging, the better the prognosis. Many studies have shown that clinical staging is a significant factor affecting prognosis.

5 Pathological type: Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma or non-keratinizing carcinoma has a good therapeutic effect, while undifferentiated carcinoma has a poor prognosis.

6 Treatment methods. Studies have shown that continuous accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy, concurrent chemoradiotherapy, and the addition of monoclonal antibody C222 and angiogenesis inhibitors have good therapeutic effects and can improve the survival rate and/or local control rate in specific subgroups of patients.

7 Others. Some studies have also shown that the hemoglobin level and Ki-67 expression level before radiotherapy can affect the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Understanding these factors that affect the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is of great help to patients. Diet is also very important for patients to recover as soon as possible. So how to provide patients with rich nutrition?

How to provide rich nutrition?

Eat a balanced diet, with more vegetables and fruits. During radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the diet should be easy to digest, fresh and delicious, and rich in nutrients such as protein, vitamins, and amino acids, such as kelp, laver, asparagus, jellyfish, etc. Frequently holding in your mouth plums, olives, green plums, figs, etc. can stimulate saliva secretion and relieve dryness symptoms.