Can teratoma be cured by taking medicine?

Can teratoma be cured by taking medicine? Experts point out that teratoma originates from potentially multifunctional primitive embryonic cells and is often found in the sacral and coccygeal regions, mediastinum, retroperitoneum, and gonadal regions. It is more common in newborns and infants, mostly in women. Teratoma is generally treated surgically, and simple drug treatment is ineffective and difficult to cure. Drugs are generally used for postoperative adjuvant treatment.

What are the precautions for teratoma patients taking medication? Experts say that during the medication period, you should pay attention to a light diet, avoid spicy foods, refrain from sexual intercourse, pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene, change and wash underwear frequently, wear cotton breathable underwear, and adjust your mood!

Precautions before teratoma treatment

1. Treatment

The best treatment for this disease is surgical resection. During the operation, the contents of the cyst should be removed as much as possible, and the cyst wall should be removed as much as possible. The part of the cyst wall that is tightly adhered to the spinal cord or nerve root should not be removed forcibly. For intraspinal malignant teratomas, the comprehensive treatment plan of surgical resection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapy still needs further study.

(II) Prognosis

The prognosis of benign teratomas after surgical resection is also good. The prognosis of carcinoid tumors produced by mature teratomas in the spinal canal is still unclear. If their biological behavior has malignant characteristics, surgical resection should be followed by adjuvant radiotherapy, which improves the short-term efficacy, but the long-term efficacy is still uncertain.

Experts remind: Women should participate in gynecological examinations regularly. Now some units only organize married women to participate in gynecological examinations, but in fact all women of childbearing age should participate in gynecological examinations, especially B-ultrasound examinations, to nip the tumor in the bud or early stage. Mothers should often touch their children's stomachs, and teenagers, women and middle-aged and elderly women should also often touch their abdomens to see if there are lumps. After finding a lump, no matter how big or small it is, whether it hurts or not, you should seek medical attention in time. The best way to touch is: get up in the morning, empty your bladder, lie flat, bend your legs slightly, and touch from one side of the lower abdomen to the other side. If the lump is found to be a hard foreign body, it is suspected to be a tumor. Once a teratoma is found, doctors recommend removal.