The 10-year survival rate for hypopharyngeal cancer is related to a variety of factors, such as whether or not the disease is treated with surgery and the presence of lymph node metastases. Generally speaking, the earlier the disease is detected, diagnosed and treated, the less the disease affects the life expectancy. Some scholars conducted a retrospective study and analyzed the clinical data of 76 cases of hypopharyngeal cancer treatment, including 55 cases of surgery plus radiotherapy and 21 cases of radiotherapy alone, and found that the 3-, 5-, and 10-year survival rates of patients with radiotherapy plus surgery and patients with radiotherapy alone were 50.9%, 30.9%, 12.7%, and 33.3%, 19.0%, and 4.8%, respectively, that is, the 10-year survival rate of patients with surgery plus radiotherapy was significantly higher than that of the radiotherapy alone group. In addition, cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with hypopharyngeal cancer also affects the prognosis of hypopharyngeal cancer, and with the increase of the degree of cervical lymph node metastasis, the 10-year survival rate of the patients decreases gradually. If hypopharyngeal cancer is treated actively at early stage and regular postoperative checkups are performed on time, the 10-year survival rate can be improved. Therefore, if you suffer from hypopharyngeal cancer, you should actively consult the doctor and follow the doctor’s instructions for reasonable treatment.