What are the general treatments for nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

What is the treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer?

Treatments for nasopharyngeal cancer include:

First: Radiotherapy is one of the main methods for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma. External radiation can be performed in a continuous or segmented manner. Although the long-term efficacy of these two methods is similar, the total time of the former is shorter and the reaction after radiotherapy is more severe; the total radiotherapy time of the latter is longer, but the reaction after radiotherapy is milder. Appropriate selection should be made according to the specific situation of the patient.

Second: combined chemotherapy: Combination chemotherapy is often used for mid-term chemotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and its effect is better than single drug chemotherapy. It is usually used in combination with mid-term radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, with better short-term efficacy, but little benefit for long-term treatment.

Third: Cell immunotherapy: Patients with mid-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma generally have poor physical fitness, and cell immunotherapy is used clinically. Cell immunotherapy can improve the body's immunity and kill cancer cells. It can be used for adjuvant treatment of mid-stage radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, improve adverse symptoms, and effectively treat the spread and metastasis of mid-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma, improve the quality of life, and prolong survival.

Fourth: Biological treatment: Adopting new nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment methods, such as CIK biological immunotherapy, plays an important role in improving the survival of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Biological immunotherapy can help the body quickly restore the anti-cancer immune system damaged by radiotherapy and chemotherapy, improve long-term anti-cancer ability, and has a significant effect on postoperative recurrence of cancer. It has a good long-term anti-cancer effect, removes residual tumor cells after surgery, and prevents tumor recurrence, which is more effective than radiotherapy and chemotherapy.