How long can a mid-stage nasopharyngeal cancer patient generally live?

How long can a patient with mid-stage nasopharyngeal cancer generally live?

1. Patients with mid-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma may have cervical lymph node metastasis. At this time, surgery, chemotherapy, or combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy are required. Under normal circumstances, the probability of mid-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma being cured can reach about 50%. If cured, the survival rate can reach more than 5 years, and some patients can even reach more than 10 years.

2. The specific survival period cannot be generalized, because each person's condition is different and their physical fitness is also different. The late survival rate of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is of course closely related to whether its severity allows metastasis, but even the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and even surgical treatment can prolong life and relieve pain symptoms. Usually it depends on the patient's physical fitness.

What are the complications during radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

There are many complications during radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, including loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and other general discomfort symptoms. It is difficult to open the mouth, which is due to the fibrosis of the neck muscles and masticatory muscles caused by radiation. Strengthen the mouth opening and neck metastasis function exercises; nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumor of the nasopharynx.