Nasopharyngeal cancer is not uncommon, and early stage patients recover very well through treatment. However, some patients are very sorry due to carelessness, some are already advanced when discovered, and some even have systemic metastasis or tumor skull base destruction leading to hemorrhage.
The following contains personal views and experiences to provide relevant knowledge for patients to show their vigilance.
1.Nasopharyngeal cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the nasopharynx of human body.
2. Early nasopharyngeal cancer is one of the malignant tumors with the best prognosis through treatment.
3. The occurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is related to the region (such as Guangdong and Guangxi areas in China), diet (such as pickled and salted fish, etc.), and virus (such as EBV infection).
4. The early manifestation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is blood in the retracted snot, and some patients have nasal blockage, dry nose and blood in the snot. Some patients show unilateral tinnitus or otitis media.
5. Some patients present as neck swelling behind the earlobe, and some patients are misdiagnosed as parotid tumor and operated.
6. Nasopharyngeal cancer diagnosis relies on pathological diagnosis after local biopsy. Nasopharyngeal cancer can be detected directly through fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy.
7.Most patients with nasopharyngeal cancer do not need surgery, but radiotherapy in early stage, and radiotherapy + chemotherapy in middle and late stage.
8.Some patients may develop exudative otitis media during radiotherapy.
9.Serum EBV titer test can provide diagnostic clues for patients with insignificant symptoms.
10. PET (positron emission tomography/X-ray computed tomography) is the most effective test to check the recurrence of nasopharyngeal cancer, but the diagnosis needs to rely on pathological cytology.
11. For patients with recurrence after radiotherapy, salvage surgery can be performed according to the condition.