How long can you live with nasopharyngeal carcinoma bone metastasis

How long can you live with nasopharyngeal carcinoma bone metastasis?

1. The incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma bone metastasis accounts for 8.5% of the metastasis of major organ tissues, and most of them occur within 2 years after surgery. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastases often metastasize to the spine, bony thorax and pelvis. Related studies have shown that nasopharyngeal carcinoma bone metastasis may be related to cervical lymph node metastasis. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma bone metastasis is often multiple, a small number of single, osteolytic, osteoblastic, and mixed types.

2. Bone metastasis is one of the common complications of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, often accompanied by pain, functional impairment or fractures. Bone metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not uncommon, with an incidence rate of 8.5%, more common in men than in women, and an age range of 30 to 60 years old, with an average age of 50. Bone metastasis can occur before, during and after radiotherapy, and those who metastasize to the bone often have mild or severe pain.

3. Chemotherapy can significantly improve the symptoms of patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and bone metastasis. Careful care of patients during chemotherapy can help the chemotherapy go smoothly and have a positive impact on extending the patient's survival and improving their quality of life.

4. Bone metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is usually in clinical stage IV, that is, in the late stage, and the possibility of radical cure is not great. The key points of nasopharyngeal carcinoma bone metastasis are to control the metastasis focus, improve symptoms, and provide systemic comprehensive treatment to reduce a series of complications caused by nasopharyngeal carcinoma bone metastasis and improve the quality of life of patients.

5. For patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma bone metastasis, active treatment to prolong life is possible. It is recommended that patients combine chemotherapy with Chinese medicine treatment. Western medicine chemotherapy has strong efficacy and recent treatment effects are more significant, which can quickly control the progression of the disease, but chemotherapy has great toxic side effects, which will cause great pain to patients, so it is necessary to cooperate with the overall treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has the effects of strengthening the body, eliminating evil, replenishing qi and nourishing blood, and can improve the body's immunity. It can not only help patients recover their physical strength after surgery, but also relieve the toxic side effects of chemotherapy, reduce the pain of patients, and improve the quality of life.