Can nasopharyngeal cancer be operated on? What are the treatment methods?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a common cancer disease, and many people are deeply troubled by it. Therefore, only after a careful understanding of the disease can you achieve early recovery. Here is an introduction: Can nasopharyngeal carcinoma be operated on? What are the treatment methods?

Can nasopharyngeal carcinoma be treated with surgery? The main treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is surgery. 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 should be paid 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 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 for surgery, but it cannot be said that nasopharyngeal carcinoma cannot be treated with surgery.

Radiotherapy is the first choice for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Due to the location of the disease, surgery is not the first choice for treatment, but radiotherapy is not the first choice either. It also has many side effects. This is because the use of chemical drugs and radiation to kill tumor cells can reduce the load of tumor cells locally or systemically, and the effect is fast, but it cannot eradicate tumor cells, and is prone to recurrence and metastasis. It has great systemic toxic side effects, and can easily cause patients to have symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, 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.

Radiotherapy combined with Chinese medicine is a common treatment method. It can significantly improve the protection of normal cells in the irradiated area and prevent the side effects of radiotherapy. Huang Pei, an expert with special allowance from the State Council, has found through years of clinical experience that combining the treatment of Chinese medicine ginsenoside Rh2 during radiotherapy can prevent the side effects of radiotherapy and improve the effect of radiotherapy. It is the best auxiliary treatment product.