What is meant by nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Nasopharyngeal cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in the nasopharynx.
Nasopharyngeal cancer may have the following symptoms: 1. Blood in the nose and sputum: especially blood in the first inspiratory sputum in the morning.
2.Ear stuffiness, ear blockage and hearing loss, especially when it occurs in one ear.
3. Neck mass: especially a hard, fixed mass under the ear on the side of the neck.
4.Headache: It is often stubborn and usually difficult to stop the pain with medication.
5.Heavy vision (diplopia) or internal strabismus (crossed eyes), etc.
How to diagnose early stage nasopharyngeal cancer 1.Regular physical examination and examination of nasopharynx (difficult to see because of the concealment of nasopharynx).
2. Blood test for EBV antibody can predict the possibility of cancer six months earlier. (Cost $40 – 80% accuracy rate) 3.Nasal endoscopy: lesions that cannot be seen by the naked eye can be clearly magnified and the report can be printed (cost $158 + $15) 4.Take nasopharyngeal biopsy for pathological examination when there is suspicion.
5.When necessary, cervical lymph node biopsy will be performed.