La terapia de protones es un tipo de radioterapia que usa protones en lugar de rayos X. Proporciona radiación indolora para tratar algunos tipos de cáncer. La terapia de protones es un nuevo tipo prometedor de tratamiento contra el cáncer, pero todavía se está estudiando su posible beneficio con respecto a la radioterapia tradicional. La investigación está en curso en ensayos clínicos para ver cómo se compara.
Read research from the April 2022 session of the ASCO Plenary Series, which highlights a clinical trial that studied a medication called tislelizumab combined with chemotherapy to treat recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer.
In this “Cancer in My Community” post, Dr. Melvin Chua shares what cancer is like in Singapore, including the advancements in cancer care that have been made in the last decade in the country and how people in Singapore receive treatment.
Aunque usted no fume, puede estar expuesto a humo de segunda mano. Este tipo de humo puede provenir de:
Alguien que exhala humo mientras fuma.
Una pipa, un cigarrillo o cigarro encendidos.
Es posible que haya escuchado que cuando se recibe humo de segunda mano a esto se lo llama tabaquismo involuntario, contaminación por humo de tabaco, o humo de tabaco en el ambiente.
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about how to cope with challenges in everyday life after a cancer diagnosis. Use the menu to see other pages.
The word “survivorship” is complicated because it means different things to different people. Common definitions include:
Having no signs of cancer after finishing treatment.
Living with, through, and beyond cancer. According to this definition, cancer survivorship begins at diagnosis and continues during treatment and through the rest of a person's life.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about screening for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). You will also learn the risks and benefits of screening. Use the menu to see other pages.
Screening is used to look for cancer before you have any symptoms or signs. Scientists have developed, and continue to develop, tests that can be used to screen a person for specific types of cancer. The overall goals of cancer screening are to:
Lower the number of people who die from the disease, or eliminate deaths from cancer altogether
Submitted by ascoadmin on
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about clinical trials, which are the main way that new medical approaches are studied to see how well they work. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors and scientists are always looking for better ways to care for people with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). To make scientific advances, doctors create research studies involving volunteers, called clinical trials. Every drug that is now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was tested in clinical trials.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some helpful links to other areas of Cancer.Net that provide information about cancer care and treatment. This is the final page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Nasopharyngeal Cancer. To go back and review other pages, use the menu.
Cancer.Net includes many other sections about the medical and emotional aspects of cancer for the person diagnosed and their family members and friends. This website is meant to be a resource for you and your loved ones from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, and beyond.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some questions to ask your doctor or other members of the health care team, to help you better understand your diagnosis, treatment plan, and overall care. Use the menu to see other pages.
