How long can one live with tongue cancer?

How long can a person with tongue cancer live? Tongue cancer is a type of oral cancer. This malignant tumor mainly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, especially men. Since tongue cancer is a more serious cancer, once patients have tongue cancer, they are most worried about their life expectancy. So how long can a person with tongue cancer live?

What is the survival rate of tongue cancer? For patients with early-stage tongue cancer, it mainly depends on whether appropriate treatment is taken in time. Generally speaking, early-stage tongue cancer tumors are small and have not spread or metastasized. The most effective treatment is surgical resection. The 5-year survival rate after resection of early-stage tongue cancer can reach 60% to 90%. After surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine and other treatments can be used for a certain period of time to prevent recurrence.

What is the survival rate of tongue cancer? For patients with mid- to late-stage tongue cancer, it mainly depends on whether the treatment method is appropriate and the patient's physical condition. The treatment methods for mid- to late-stage tongue cancer mainly include radiotherapy, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine. Seventy percent of patients with mid- to late-stage tongue cancer have their symptoms alleviated after radiotherapy. External radiotherapy with different doses and fractions can relieve local symptoms of primary or metastatic lesions, but because radiotherapy can also cause damage to normal cells, radiotherapy should be used with caution for patients with mid- to late-stage tongue cancer who have very weak physical functions.

What is the survival rate of tongue cancer? In view of the toxic side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on the human body, Chinese medicine can be combined with treatment in the treatment of middle and late stage tongue cancer to enhance efficacy and reduce toxicity. For patients with middle and late stage tongue cancer who have a wide range of metastasis, weak physical functions, and can no longer tolerate chemotherapy, Chinese medicine can be used for conservative treatment. Although the short-term effect is not as obvious as chemotherapy, the long-term effect is good and has obvious effects in improving the quality of life and prolonging survival.

During the treatment, the patient can also sit for a while after meals or take a slow walk every day to increase the patient's appetite, thereby increasing the patient's body resistance. To improve the long-term efficacy of tongue cancer, early detection, early diagnosis, early treatment, and regular follow-up are necessary. If surgery is possible, it is better to have surgery as soon as possible. The treatment effect of auxiliary Chinese medicine is better, which can improve the success rate of surgery, control the development of the disease, eliminate residual cancer cells after surgery, improve people's immunity, appetite, sleep, and quality of life.