Lidah Cancer Stadium 4: Symptoms And Implementation Of Therapy

Stage 4 tongue cancer illustration (AI-Care)

YOGYAKARTA Phase 4 tongue cancer is a condition in which cancer cells have spread from one body tissue to another (methystasis). When this happens, tongue cancer will be more difficult to treat. Therefore, it is important to know the symptoms of stage 4 cancer cells to be more vigilant and prevent their spread.

Quoted from AI-Care, tongue cancer is a type of cancer that starts from the mutage (change) of the tongue cells then forms a lump at the base or tip of the tongue.

The tongue cells have DNA that regulates the changes and chemical processes that occur in the cells. when the DNA of the tongue cells mutates, this can cause cells to grow out of control and form masses or bumps.

Well, stage 4 tongue cancer is a condition where cancer cells have grown and spread to the surrounding tissue and organs of the body.

The most common symptoms of tongue cancer are the appearance of wounds in the throat that are easily bleeding.

In addition, there are several other symptoms that appear in early-stage tongue cancer, including:

In advanced stages, frequent symptoms of tongue cancer, including:

based on the TNM (Tumor, Node, and Metastasis) classification recommended by the American Joint Committee in Cancer, stage 4 tongue cancer can be recognized from the size of cancer which is getting bigger by about 3-6 cm.

In this condition, cancer cells have experienced mestasis or spread to soft tissues and other organs of the body, such as lymph nodes, lungs, skull bones, and bones around the tongue.

Implementation of tongue cancer therapy is stuck in the location of cancer, the rate of spread and the patient's health condition.

Chemotherapy is the first line of tongue cancer therapy, followed by chemoradiation (moterapu and radiation given simultaneously), then surgery if needed.

Well, in stage 4, the treatment of tongue cancer is divided into two categories based on the size and spread of cancer or based on its classification, namely stage 4A tongue cancer and stage 4 B

If stage 4A tongue cancer attacks the front of the tongue and is metastasic, the treatment that can be done is chemoradiation and surgery to remove the lymph node in the neck.

Cancer cells that are still left after undergoing chemoradiation will be lifted through surgery procedures.

If cancer cells have spread to the lymph nodes of the neck, surgery to remove the clear getih glands is also carried out after the sufferer undergoes chemoradiation therapy.

In stage 4B tongue cancer, which is characterized by the spread of cancer cells to other organs of the body, the treatment is surgery and chemoradiation to increase the patient's life expectancy and quality of life.

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