What is the recurrence rate of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and how to treat it

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a very common cancer disease. Now more and more people are suffering from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. What is the recurrence rate of nasopharyngeal carcinoma? How to treat it?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumor originating from the epithelium covering the nasopharyngeal mucosa. It is one of the most common malignant tumors in my country, with a high frequency of malignant transformation and an average natural survival time of 18.7 months. The onset is hidden and it is difficult to be detected in the early stage. The causes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma include Epstein-Barr virus infection, genetic factors, and some unhygienic diets.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma will recur, but the probability cannot be completely determined. The recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is related to many factors, such as improper care of the patient after treatment, failure to pay attention to dietary taboos during recovery, improper treatment selection, biological characteristics of the tumor and clinical staging, etc. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is prone to recurrence, and regular review work must be done after treatment to keep abreast of the physical recovery and nip the signs of recurrence in the bud.

To treat nasopharyngeal cancer, you can try:

1. Surgical treatment:

Of course, the best cancer treatment is surgical resection, but surgery is only suitable for early-stage cancer that has not metastasized. It is powerless for patients with metastases in the middle and late stages. In addition, nasopharyngeal cancer grows in a special location, with a narrow nasopharyngeal cavity and many important organs nearby, so surgical treatment is difficult and generally not advisable.

2. Chemoradiotherapy:

In my country, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are one of the commonly used methods for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and they do have a certain effect in treatment. However, since radiotherapy and chemotherapy drugs are severely irritating and toxic to the patient's normal cells and tissues, the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma are very large, so patients are often troubled by the side effects of chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and even dare not accept chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.