Is biological therapy effective in treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma? What are the effects?

Is biological therapy effective in treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma? What are the effects?

1. The earlier the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma are treated, the better the prognosis. The most common treatments are surgery and radiotherapy. However, due to the special physiological structure of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the nasopharyngeal cavity is deep and narrow, and there are many important blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic tissues nearby, which makes surgical treatment difficult and it is not easy to achieve radical resection.

2. The pathological characteristics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma are mostly poorly differentiated carcinomas, which are highly malignant and sensitive to radiation, which provides favorable conditions for radiotherapy. After a sufficient amount of radiotherapy, nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be controlled or cured, but this amount is not easy to grasp, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma is prone to metastasis and invasion of the skull base, parapharyngeal, and cervical lymph nodes, so it still needs to be combined with a systemic treatment method for treatment. The early biological treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is effective. If combined with radiotherapy, it can not only amplify the effect of radiotherapy but also reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy. So biological therapy is still very effective.

What are the effects?

1. It can effectively remove residual tumor cells and tiny lesions after nasopharyngeal carcinoma surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and prevent the recurrence and metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

2. It can enhance the sensitivity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma to radiotherapy and reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy; resist the immunosuppressive effects of chemotherapy drugs, enhance the sensitivity to chemotherapy drugs, and improve the efficacy of chemotherapy.

3. For patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma who have lost the opportunity for surgery and whose radiotherapy and chemotherapy are ineffective, biological immunotherapy is an option. Biological immunotherapy is painless and can quickly relieve symptoms. Patients can achieve long-term survival with tumors, prolong their life span and improve their quality of life.