The main treatments for gum cancer are surgery and radiotherapy, Chinese medicine can be used as auxiliary treatment, but not the main treatment, there is no so-called “the most effective method of Chinese medicine”, patients with gum cancer should standardize the treatment under the guidance of doctors.
1. Gum cancer patients’ early symptoms are toothache and loose teeth, Chinese medicine treatment such as tonifying kidney and fixing teeth pill has certain effect on relieving toothache and loose teeth.
2. However, patients with advanced gingival cancer may have numbness of lower lip, sinus formation and serious difficulty in opening, and may also have serious complications such as flap necrosis and stomatocutaneous fistula, etc. Usually, surgical treatment is the mainstay, together with radiotherapy.
3. Gingival cancer with medium-sized lesions requires half mandibular resection, and advanced lesions need to choose subtotal or partial maxillectomy according to its spreading range. Postoperative primary cancer advanced lesions and preoperative and postoperative maxillary gingival cancer patients need to cooperate with radiation therapy. Gum cancer needs to be analyzed and treated comprehensively according to the lesion, and the therapeutic effect cannot be achieved only by traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
Gum cancer patients need to choose the most suitable treatment method by doctors according to their specific condition and physical condition, etc. Chinese medicine treatment can be used as auxiliary treatment, but it is necessary to avoid irregular Chinese medicine prescriptions, so as to avoid ineffective treatment and delaying the condition.