How to treat the spread of throat cancer

How is throat cancer that has spread treated?

Treatments for laryngeal cancer after it spreads include targeted therapy, surgical treatment, radiotherapy, etc.

1. Targeted therapy: Targeted therapy is mainly aimed at gene mutations. Use drugs such as cetuximab injection and nimotuzumab injection according to the doctor's advice. Once the drug enters the body, it combines with the mutated gene and causes the specific death of tumor cells.

2. Surgical treatment: If the disease has metastasized to the cervical lymph nodes in the late stage, total laryngectomy can be selected according to the actual situation, and neck lymph node dissection can be performed at the same time. Timely treatment can prolong the patient's survival time. However, surgery is usually not recommended for patients with a large range of metastasis.

3. Radiotherapy: For patients with a large area of ​​spread, radiotherapy should be considered. It mainly uses 60 cobalt and linear accelerator for treatment, which can release high-energy electron beams to kill cancer cells.

You can also consider Chinese medicine treatment. You can take Xiaoaiping tablets, Xihuang capsules and other drugs as prescribed by the doctor, which can clear away heat, detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve the patient's condition. At the same time, give the patient good care, arrange a reasonable daily diet, and avoid eating hard or spicy foods.