Surgery
If the tumor in your throat is small, your doctor may surgically remove the tumor. This surgery would be done in the hospital while you are under sedation.
Minimally invasive or endoscopic surgery: This new technique
allows surgeons to remove whole tumors through the mouth, without
incisions and little or no change in speech and swallowing function.
Transoral Laser Microsurgery (TLM): A flexible, hollow-core
fiber transmits CO2 laser energy, enabling surgeons to reach otherwise
unreachable areas and to perform a 360-degree resection around tumors
in ways that were previously not possible.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy is often used along with radiation therapy in treating throat cancers. Certain chemotherapy drugs make cancer cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. But combining chemotherapy and radiation therapy increases the side effects of both treatments.Radiation Therapy
Radiation treatments include:- Brachytherapy: Tiny radioactive seeds are placed in the body close to the tumor
- 3D-conformal radiation therapy: Several radiation beams are given in the exact shape of the tumor
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