Is the cure rate of malignant anterior mediastinal teratoma high?

Does malignant anterior mediastinal teratoma have a high cure rate? In fact, patients who unfortunately suffer from malignant anterior mediastinal teratoma are most concerned about whether the disease can be cured. In fact, any disease can be cured if it is discovered in time and can be treated in a regular hospital in time, and the cure rate is relatively high. Therefore, it is recommended that you go to a regular hospital for treatment as soon as possible after discovering that you have the disease.

The treatment of malignant teratoma is surgery combined with chemotherapy. Conventional chemotherapy is given for 1.5 to 2 years after surgical resection. The prognosis is closely related to factors such as age at initial diagnosis, tumor location, incidence of malignant transformation, and treatment results. It is reported that the 3-year survival rate after complete resection of malignant teratoma can reach 50%, and the 5-year survival rate is 35%, while the survival rate of residual or recurrent tumors during surgery is only 3%.

Except for malignant lymphoma and those with metastasis, all mediastinal teratomas should be surgically removed as soon as possible according to the patient's physical condition. Even benign tumors can compress the respiratory tract, heart, and superior vena cava when they grow larger, causing serious symptoms. Malignant teratomas can be treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. If superior vena cava and tracheal compression syndrome has occurred, chemotherapy should usually be performed first. After the compression symptoms are relieved, radiotherapy or chemotherapy can be continued according to the situation.

After discovering that you have malignant anterior mediastinal teratoma, go to a regular hospital for treatment as soon as possible. If this disease is not treated in time, it will cause more harm, especially if this disease is a tumor type. It needs to be taken seriously. I hope that the above introduction will be helpful to many people.