Early Detection of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Nowadays cancer is one of the scariest things. Considering that cancer tends to be deadly, it costs a lot to treat and care for it. In the ENT department, nasopharyngeal cancer is the cancer with the most or highest malignancy.

According to the American Cancer Society, Nasopharyngeal Cancer or Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor that most often grows in the nasopharynx. In general, nasopharyngeal cancer is a type of cancer that grows in the cavity behind the nose and behind the roof of the mouth.



Symptoms of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

In patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, the symptoms can be divided into early symptoms and advanced symptoms, which are as follows:

Nasal symptoms characterized by nosebleeds,
Ear symptoms, namely hearing feeling full of one side,
Eye symptoms where the view is double
What is most often found is the symptom at an advanced stage where there is already a lump in the neck which is the spread of the parent tumor.


Nasopharyngeal Cancer Risk Facts

The cause of nasopharyngeal cancer is multifactorial, not only one but many are linked, namely nitrosamines which are found in salted fish, then linked to cigarettes. 90% of patients with cancer are smokers because smoking is indeed one of the clear evidences that it can cause cancer. Family factors also play a role, are more at risk compared to other people who have no offspring in their family.



How to Prevent Nasopharyngeal Cancer

To prevent nasopharyngeal cancer, just like other cancers, namely as follows:

Adopting a healthy lifestyle such as avoiding smoking and consuming excessive alcoholic beverages.
Also reduce the consumption of processed and salted foods because they contain nitrosamine compounds which can trigger the growth of cancer cells
Do early detection if we have symptoms or we can also carry out routine medical check-ups to maintain and detect health problems as early as possible.


When nasopharyngeal cancer is found at an early stage, the treatment will be easier so that the patient's quality of life will be better and the most important thing is that his recovery rate will be better if he is detected at an early stage.



If you have experienced it, Friends of Hermina can treat nasopharyngeal cancer together with dr. Yulvina Djamil, Sp.THT-KL(K) at Hermina Bekasi Hospital.



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Friends of Hermina can also do radiotherapy at the Radiation Oncology Installation of Hermina Bekasi Hospital as a cancer treatment step.