What are the treatments for early nasopharyngeal carcinoma and how to treat it?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in my country. It is also one of the cancers with relatively good treatment effects in China. However, people do not know much about early nasopharyngeal carcinoma and related treatment methods. So what are the treatment methods for early nasopharyngeal carcinoma and how to treat it?

I believe everyone knows that the earlier nasopharyngeal carcinoma is discovered, the more effective its treatment is. Therefore, many patients want to know the early treatment methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma so as to choose a treatment plan that suits them. The choice of treatment methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is determined by the biological behavior of nasopharyngeal carcinoma itself. Once nasopharyngeal carcinoma is acquired, it grows rapidly because nasopharyngeal carcinoma is often a poorly differentiated or poorly differentiated cancer. This type of tumor first grows fast, and second, the cells are highly malignant and sensitive to radiation.

Currently, the recognized first-choice treatment method is radiotherapy. The five-year survival rate of early nasopharyngeal carcinoma with radiotherapy alone can reach 80%. Due to the high complications of conventional radiotherapy, three-dimensional conformal or intensity-modulated radiotherapy is recommended. The total irradiation dose to the nasopharynx is 66-70Gy/6.5-7 weeks, the radical dose for patients with positive cervical lymph nodes is 56-60Gy, and the preventive irradiation dose for patients with negative cervical lymph nodes is 46-50Gy.

In addition, TCM treatment is also one of the ways to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the early stage. TCM treatment can alleviate the side effects of radiotherapy and improve the patient's body constitution. TCM treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma always adheres to the treatment method that varies according to the person, time and individual. Its treatment of cancer can prolong the patient's survival, improve their quality of life, control the number of acute attacks, reduce pain, and most importantly, it can achieve the effect of "surviving with tumor" for some cancer patients.