Nasopharyngeal cancer is not related to smoking cessation. When nasopharyngeal cancer appears after smoking cessation, relevant treatment plans should be actively formulated according to the stage of the tumor, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery.
For stage I nasopharyngeal cancer, radiotherapy is preferred. NPC is sensitive to radiotherapy, and early nasopharyngeal cancer can achieve better curative effect with radiotherapy alone.
For stage II nasopharyngeal cancer, radiotherapy is preferred if the tumor is small and there is no lymph node metastasis at the same time, while for patients with relatively large tumors or lymph node metastasis, radiotherapy needs to be combined with systematic chemotherapy at the same time.
For stage III and IVA/IVB nasopharyngeal carcinoma, simultaneous radiotherapy is preferred. For nasopharyngeal carcinoma with distant metastasis, local radiotherapy can be used to control the symptoms, and palliative systemic chemotherapy can be used at the same time.
In addition, for patients with previous history of nasopharyngeal cancer and recurrence of nasopharyngeal cancer after treatment, external radiation combined with intracavitary radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy or salvage surgery can be used.
Thus, after the occurrence of nasopharyngeal cancer, one should actively adjust one’s mentality, positively cope with it and adopt appropriate treatment. Avoid resisting treatment thus leading to further development of the tumor.