Throat cancer cure rate by stage

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Nasopharyngeal cancer is a type of cancer in the head and neck region in Vietnam, nasopharyngeal cancer is on the list of 10 most common cancers. There is a high incidence of the disease, in which, 70% of cases are detected too late, when the disease has entered stage 3 or 4, making it difficult to survive after diagnosis and treatment.

1. The cure rate of nasopharyngeal cancer by stage

The prognosis of the effectiveness of oropharyngeal cancer treatment depends on many factors such as: the patient's health status, tumor status and stage of the disease, the treatment methods and biological diet. active, rest and care for the patient. At each different stage of the disease, the cure rate as well as the patient's ability to recover health is completely different.
The prognosis is good, the 5-year survival rate in patients with early stage and stage 2 cancer accounts for about 70 - 90% but for stage 3 - stage 4 this rate drops to only 15 - 30%. Of course, this is only relative, there are patients at the same stage but only live 6 months, other patients live for 5-6 years. This is completely normal.

1.1. For early stage nasopharyngeal cancer is the initial stage of the disease. At this stage, there are almost no clinical manifestations or atypical symptoms such as headache, stuffy nose, etc. The tumor is small in size, the cancer cells have not developed strongly, yet. There is metastasis, so at this early stage, cancer treatment has many advantages, the cure rate is very high.
1.2. For nasopharyngeal cancer stage 2 In this stage, the tumor begins to increase in size, usually from 5 to 6cm, the cancer cells also grow significantly. However, at this stage, the tumor has not spread and metastasized to other parts but is still located in the larynx, so the chance of being cured is very high and leaving no complications. 1.3. For nasopharyngeal cancer stage 3 To stage 3, malignant cancer cells begin to grow and spread to neighboring organizations, causing mild to severe damage, even irreversible. recoverable.
Simultaneous with this metastatic process is the rapid growth in tumor size, the tumor becomes very large, causing compression in areas in the nasopharynx. Therefore, the treatment at this time will become more difficult, it is necessary to combine the treatment of many different methods, simultaneously treating many areas of the body (due to the metastasis of the tumor). The treatment process will take place for a long time requiring perseverance and efforts of both patients, relatives and doctors.
1.4. For nasopharyngeal cancer stage 4 (also known as the final stage) The tumor spreads rapidly to other parts, destroying healthy tissues, creating many new lesions, even necrotic areas. . At this stage, the patient's immune system is completely weakened, so it is easy to get infections, and other organs are also damaged. At this point, the risk of death is very high, can occur at any time.
In this stage, it is almost impossible to cure the patient completely. The treatment methods are given to prevent, slow down the metastatic spread of the tumor to other parts, supplement the patient's health to be able to fight the patient on their own.
At each different stage of nasopharyngeal cancer, the patient's manifestations are different, the treatment methods are also different, and importantly, the cure rate of each stage will be different. Therefore, the screening and early detection of cancer as well as the correct diagnosis of nasopharyngeal cancer are of great value in the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer.

2. Is nasopharyngeal cancer contagious?

Throat cancer is one of the life-threatening diseases that can cause death at any time. However, this is not a contagious disease. Therefore, nasopharyngeal cancer is not contagious from person to person.
However, in the course of clinical research, it has been shown that there is an association between oropharyngeal cancer and HPV virus (a virus that easily spreads the disease through oral sex). Therefore, infection with HPV virus can be one of the indirect factors causing oropharyngeal cancer.
Throat cancer is classified as a life-threatening disease. The danger of the disease depends on the specific condition of each patient and the stage of the disease as well as the actual condition of the tumor.
Vinmec Hospital has been and is a prestigious address in oropharyngeal cancer screening with a team of highly qualified and experienced medical staff and doctors, patients are treated and cared for comprehensively and in coordination. multi-specialty in the direction of individualizing each patient, complete and modern facilities to diagnose the disease, accompanied by a full range of mainstream cancer treatment methods such as surgery, radiation Treatment, chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, etc. When a disease is suspected or detected, the patient will be consulted, consulted and treated with experienced and specialized experts.

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