How to treat hypopharyngeal cancer after surgery

After surgery for hypopharyngeal cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or nutritional therapy should be adopted according to doctor’s instructions. 1. Chemotherapy: for patients with wide invasion scope or middle or late stage hypopharyngeal cancer, chemotherapy can be adopted after surgery to further assist the treatment, and commonly used chemotherapeutic drugs include paclitaxel injection, fluorouracil injection and so on. 2. Radiotherapy: For patients with middle or late stage hypopharyngeal cancer, the comprehensive treatment method of surgery-assisted radiotherapy can be adopted. Radiotherapy can preserve the integrity of tissues and organs and avoid some complications brought by traumatic treatment, such as swallowing dysfunction, etc. In order to prevent tumor recurrence, radiotherapy can be assisted after surgery. 3. Nutritional therapy: As most hypopharyngeal cancer patients suffer from malnutrition due to eating disorder caused by tumor location, it is necessary to strengthen nutritional therapy after surgery, supplement all kinds of nutrients to improve patients’ resistance and immunity, and promote the recovery of the disease. Specific treatment methods should be reasonably planned according to the patient’s condition, and it is recommended to consult doctor in time and take measures under the doctor’s guidance to achieve better therapeutic effect through regular review.