Nasopharyngeal cancer lymph node residue refers to the fact that after nasopharyngeal cancer has metastasized to lymph nodes, if there is residue after surgical treatment or radiotherapy, it means that it has not been cleaned up thoroughly, and lymph node dissection is needed to treat it.
Nasopharyngeal cancer is one of the common malignant tumors in China, which can be treated by radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and surgery. Early stage nasopharyngeal cancer can be cured by radiotherapy alone, while in middle and late stage, it needs radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy for comprehensive treatment.
As it is a malignant tumor, metastasis is easy to occur, the most common one is lymph node metastasis in the neck, which indicates that it has already entered the advanced stage, and there will be lymph node residue if it is not cleared thoroughly after surgical treatment or radiotherapy, at this time, it is also necessary to carry out lymph node dissection as well as to cooperate with chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy to deal with it.
If there are lymph node residues after nasopharyngeal cancer treatment, further treatment should be done under the guidance of doctor.