What medicine can I take for nasopharyngeal cancer

What medicine can I take for nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. The drugs to be taken for nasopharyngeal cancer are mainly based on the doctor's prescription. It is not recommended to use drugs privately to prevent delaying the disease. In addition to medication, it can also be treated through surgery and radiation therapy. Nasopharyngeal cancer is a malignant tumor and must be treated in time, otherwise it will be life-threatening.

2. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumor of the top and side walls of the nasopharyngeal cavity. Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma are more sensitive to radiation therapy in the early stages. Radiation therapy is the first choice, and chemotherapy and targeted therapy can also be used.

3. The medications used for nasopharyngeal carcinoma include Western medicine, with chemotherapy as the main approach. Commonly used chemotherapy drugs include cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, carboplatin, gemcitabine, etc., as well as emerging targeted therapy drugs.

What should I do if I can’t eat due to nasopharyngeal cancer?

The diet should be light and easy to digest, and spicy and irritating foods should be avoided. Fish, shrimp, crab, beef, mutton, and fungi should be avoided. Successful surgery is the first step in anti-tumor treatment for patients. Postoperative rehabilitation treatment is also very important. After surgery, oral anti-tumor Chinese patent medicine can be used to accelerate recovery, promote wound healing and tissue repair, relieve pain, consolidate and strengthen surgical results, eliminate small lesions and residual tumor cells that cannot be removed by surgery, and prevent and control recurrence and metastasis.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a relatively common and highly prevalent malignant tumor, which presents with different symptoms such as headache, runny nose, and nasal congestion. It is extremely harmful to health. Generally speaking, the pathological type is squamous cell carcinoma, and in the late stage, like all malignant tumors, it is easy to metastasize.

During radiotherapy, nasopharyngeal cancer can damage the salivary glands, leading to reduced saliva secretion, causing dry mouth, and possibly affecting appetite.