Is the cure rate of nasopharyngeal cancer high? How long can one live?

Is nasopharyngeal cancer treatable? How long can you live?

1. Compared with other cancers, nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not a particularly dangerous cancer. Its overall cure rate is as high as 80%, and the cure rate for early nasopharyngeal carcinoma is as high as 90%.

2. Radiotherapy is the first choice for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, supplemented by surgery, chemotherapy and conservative treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.

3. The treatment options for nasopharyngeal carcinoma are relatively mature and most of them are effective. Ginsenoside RH2 can be used to improve the success rate of treatment and reduce tumor recurrence and metastasis. Chinese and Western medicine have their own advantages in treating tumors. The treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma must give full play to the advantages of Chinese and Western medicine, adhere to long-term treatment, relax the patient's psychological state, do a good job of psychological treatment, increase dietary nutrition, and improve immune function. Only in this way can we achieve better results.

4. How long you can live with nasopharyngeal cancer depends mainly on its treatment method, because the location of nasopharyngeal cancer is very special. Surgery is not the first choice for treatment, but for nasopharyngeal cancer cases without skull and base bone damage and distal metastasis, surgical comprehensive treatment is still recommended, that is, surgery, adjuvant radiotherapy, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine comprehensive treatment. The 5-year survival rate after nasopharyngeal cancer surgery exceeds 70%.

5. Since nasopharyngeal cancer patients are affected by the disease, have a heavy psychological burden, poor appetite, and low resistance, their family members should be guided to encourage the patients to eat and give them high-protein, high-vitamin, low-fat, easily digestible food.