Treatments for pharyngeal cancer
If you have pharyngeal cancer, your healthcare team will create a treatment plan just for you. It will be based on your health and specific information about the cancer. When deciding which treatments to offer for pharyngeal cancer, your healthcare team will consider:
- the location of the tumour in the pharynx – where the tumour is in the nasopharynx, oropharynx or hypopharynx
- the stage of the cancer
- the size of the tumour
- where the cancer has spread
- the best way to preserve your breathing, swallowing and speech
- your overall health
- your lifestyle and what you prefer or want
- if you have had other treatments and how well the cancer responded to them
- if you would be a good candidate for a clinical trial
Treatments for nasopharyngeal cancer
Treatments for oropharyngeal cancer
Treatments for hypopharyngeal cancer
Surgery for pharyngeal cancer
Radiation therapy for pharyngeal cancer
Chemotherapy for pharyngeal cancer
Targeted therapy for pharyngeal cancer
Immunotherapy for pharyngeal cancer
Follow-up after treatment for pharyngeal cancer
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