Do I need to have a follow-up check after 11 years of nasopharyngeal cancer?

Do I need to go for a follow-up check after 11 years of nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. For patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the follow-up examination 12 years after cure is mainly decided based on personal circumstances. If there are no obvious symptoms, there is no need for a follow-up examination. If there are obvious symptoms, a follow-up examination is recommended, or a timely follow-up examination is recommended. For the treatment of rhinitis cancer, the main treatments are drug therapy, chemotherapy, and surgery.

2. If nasopharyngeal cancer is reexamined ten years later, first combine clinical symptoms, physical examination and related imaging examinations to see if there are other lesions. If not, the problem should not be serious. If necessary, combine pathological examination. Although nasopharyngeal cancer can be cured after early treatment.

What does early-stage nasopharyngeal cancer feel like?

In the early stage of nasopharyngeal cancer, there may be some discomfort, such as blood in the nose when blowing, pain or nasal congestion, and sometimes a cold.

Because sometimes you may feel other symptoms like coughing or sore throat. This is also possible. Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer cannot feel the tumor themselves.