Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Currently, the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine consumption, symptomatic treatment is combined into a combined treatment. For early-stage nasopharyngeal cancer who have not found any spread, the most effective treatment is surgery, patients who underwent surgery for nasopharyngeal cancer that has not spread, survival survive more than 5 years has reached more than 80%, after the surgery is done the patient should undergo chemotherapy , the consumption of Chinese herbs or medicine can also be combined to prevent recurrence.

Along with the rapid development of modern medical technology, minimally invasive treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer can gradually replace traditional treatment methods which bring many bad effects of such injuries are minimal, a little bleeding, can reduce the level of suffering of the patient, as well as improving the quality of life of patients and the method of minimally invasive is the preferred method of many cancer patients.

What treatment should be done after surgery?

1. Maintain a balanced diet, so it can be a source of good endurance for patients, multiply the consumption of fresh vegetables are major, fruits, foods containing high protein, high calorie, and avoid foods baked, fried and preserved foods .

2. Maintaining health by not too tired, do not do heavy work load, late nights, excessive exercise, recovering patients should maintain the cleanliness of the nasal cavity and mouth with frequent rinsing, washing the nasal cavity, and no pulling teeth over a period of 1 year .

3. Keeping the psychological condition

The family should provide entertainment, explanations, attention, support, encouragement, and meet the needs of the patient so that the patient has an optimistic attitude in life

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Early Symptoms of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

1. Epistaxis: bleeding on one of the nostrils is one of the early symptoms of cancer of the nasopharynx.

2. Nasal congestion: when the tumor is small, stuffy nose will feel lighter, but the growing size of the tumor in the nose, then nasal congestion will worsen.

3. Tinnitus, hearing loss, tinnitus can cause ipsilateral tumors, popping ears or hearing loss is accompanied by ear effusion.

4. Headache: a headache in the morning that his position is not fixed,

5. Lump in the neck: although only a small proportion of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer who had spread to the neck, but the spread will increase rapidly, soft lumps will harden slowly, but its development shows little activity.

6. Cranial nerve symptoms: numbness in areas other than the face, shaded double vision, blurred vision, ptosis (drooping eyelids), strabismus, and hypoesthesia in the throat, palate numbness, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, and tongue oblique and others.

What examination can be done to detect nasopharyngeal cancer ?

1. Examination of the anterior nasal endoscopy

2. Nasopharyngoscopy

3. Fiber nasopharyngoscopy

4. Biopsy neck

5. Aspiration / removal of tissue using a fine needle

6. Examination of the blood lab to determine the Epstein-Barr virus serology

7. On the lateral radiographs of the nasopharynx, or CT scan of the skull base

8. Ultrasound examination

9. Magnetic resonance examinations

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Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Nasopharyngeal cancer is a malignant tumor in the nasopharynx area. Nasopharyngeal cancer is a malignant cancer that is also harmful to health if neglected because it also has become one of the killer diseases in the present.

The highest population of nasopharynx cancer patients

Nasopharyngeal cancer has a significant ethnic differences occur in the yellow race (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines), and nasopharyngeal cancer is found only slightly in Caucasians. Nasopharyngeal cancer primarily affects the elderly, children and some teenagers and young 30-year-old, generally nasopharyngeal cancer cases will rise sharply in the last 40-60 years after entering the age of 65 years, the risk of this disease will begin to decline.

What are the causes of nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. Epstein-Barr virus infection: The study found the Epstein-Barr virus infection and nasopharyngeal cancers linked directly, patients infected by EB virus will produce a variety of antibodies.

2. environment and food: environmental factors affect nasopharyngeal cancer, consumption of salted fish and pickled vegetables can also trigger excessive risk of nasopharyngeal cancer.

3. Genetic factors: patients with a history of nasopharyngeal cancer in the family, will be at higher risk of developing cancer of the nasopharynx.

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