Oropharyngeal Cancer

Oropharyngeal cancer had occurred at the soft palate, palatine tonsil, tongue base, epiglottis, and pharyngeal wall and other peripheral parts of the malignant tumor. According to statistics, oropharyngeal cancer accounted for 1.3% of systemic cancer, accounting for 4.2% of head and neck cancer. Occurred since the palatine tonsil are about half or more times for soft palate and tongue. Its a good fat child 30 to 59 years old, accounting for 65%. The male to female ratio of about 2.3:1. Oropharyngeal cancer usually a higher grade, developing rapidly, its early lesions 5-year survival rate of 80% ~ 94%, with unilateral cervical lymph node metastasis was 34%, can occur late hematogenous metastasis to the liver, lung, bone etc.. Bian as the cause of this disease and heat knot poly-drug blood stasis in the pharyngeal palate.

Traditional medicine's understanding of the disease earlier and different title. Chinese medicine of its ownership in the "carbuncle on the palate," "jaw necrosis" "hanging carbuncle" category.