What are the late symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and how to treat it

What are the late symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma? How to treat it?

The late symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be divided into several stages. The late symptoms of stage I nasopharyngeal carcinoma are that the primary cancer is limited to the nasopharynx, has not reached the lymph nodes, and has no distant metastasis. Stage II primary lesions invade the nasal cavity, have not reached the lymph nodes, and have no distant metastasis. The primary cancer is limited to the upper neck area of ​​the nasopharynx with active or fixed lymph nodes, with a diameter of less than 3CM, and no distant metastasis. This is the late manifestation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

The late stage of stage III nasopharyngeal carcinoma is characterized by primary cancer invading bones, paranasal sinuses or cranial nerves, no palpable lymph nodes and no distant metastasis, active or fixed lymph nodes in the upper neck area with a diameter of less than 3 cm, and primary lesions invading the nasal cavity, oropharynx or involving nearby muscles and nerves below the skull base, without distant metastasis.

Stage IV: The primary lesion invades the nasal cavity, oropharynx, or affects nearby muscles and nerves below the skull base. Late-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma manifests as invasion of bones, paranasal sinuses, or cranial nerves, or invasion of the hypopharyngeal cavity, orbit, or infratemporal fossa. There is long-distance transportation or fatigue of the skin or lymph nodes below the clavicle. Fixed lymph nodes with a diameter of less than 8CM in the lower neck area, any enlarged lymph nodes with a diameter of more than 8CM in the neck area, or enlarged lymph nodes in the supraclavicular fossa, or moist skin above the clavicle.

For the treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, you can try:

1. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy for advanced nasopharyngeal cancer can directly kill cancer cells, but like other treatments, it can also damage normal cells in the body. Radiotherapy is mostly used for advanced nasopharyngeal cancer patients with relatively good physical functions, and the dose and range of irradiation should be carefully selected. This is a common treatment for advanced nasopharyngeal cancer.

2. Combined chemotherapy: Chemotherapy for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma is mostly combined chemotherapy, which has better therapeutic effect than single drug chemotherapy. It is usually used in combination with radiotherapy. Its short-term effect is better, but its long-term therapeutic effect is not very good.