What is the treatment for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma? How to treat it

What is the treatment for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma? How to treat it?

In the late stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the tumor metastasizes to the cervical lymph nodes, with an incidence rate of up to 79.37%, and metastasis can occur unilaterally or bilaterally. The swollen lymph nodes in the neck are painless, hard, and movable in the early stage. In the late stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, they adhere to the skin or deep tissues and become fixed.

As for the treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, patients can try the following methods.

1. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine: The physical condition of patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma deteriorates sharply due to the consumption of tumors and the appearance of symptoms and complications of metastasis. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma can effectively improve the body's immune function, improve physical fitness, and effectively inhibit and kill cancer cells. Stabilize the condition, effectively control the continued spread and metastasis of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma cancer cells, improve clinical symptoms, and to a certain extent improve the patient's quality of life and prolong life. This is one of the main treatment methods for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

2. Combined chemotherapy: Chemotherapy can be used in conjunction with radiotherapy, or for palliative treatment of patients with advanced distant metastasis or recurrence after radiotherapy. Commonly used drugs include cisplatin, carboplatin, cyclophosphamide, bleomycin, 5-fluorouracil, etc. The effect is better than radiotherapy or chemotherapy alone.

3. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is the first choice for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cobalt-60 radiotherapy is superior to deep X-ray irradiation and can also be used in combination with intracavitary radium therapy. Radiotherapy has a more direct killing effect on cancer cells, but the adverse reactions are relatively large and will cause damage to normal cells.