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口腔癌是上消化呼吸道癌症的一种。广义口腔癌包括口腔、口咽及下咽癌,病理分类相当单纯,超过90%的口腔癌均为鳞状上皮细胞癌。近年来,口腔癌在台湾发生率快速上升,目前为台湾男性癌症第四大死因,其高发生率已成为一个重要的公共卫生议题。虽然口腔癌是相对容易诊断的癌症,但许多口腔癌病患仍是到晚期有明显症状时才被发现。晚期口腔癌的特征为肿瘤在局部快速生长,造成头颈组织压迫、破坏与功能丧失。因头颈口咽部位为吞咽与构音相关的重要器官,晚期口腔癌常造成吞咽与发声困难,并引起外观上的巨大变化,对病患生理及心理都造成极大威胁。另外,晚期口腔癌,手术、化疗以及放射治疗的效果均不佳,是临
Oral cancer is a form of upper respiratory tract cancer. Generalized oral cancer, including oral, oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer, pathological classification is quite simple, more than 90% of oral cancer are squamous cell carcinoma. In recent years, the incidence of oral cancer in Taiwan has risen rapidly. Currently, it is the fourth leading cause of cancer among men in Taiwan. The high incidence of oral cancer has become an important public health issue. Although oral cancer is a relatively easy-to-diagnose cancer, many oral cancer patients are still not found until they have overt symptoms. Advanced oral cancer is characterized by rapid local tumor growth, resulting in compression of head and neck tissue, destruction and loss of function. Due to the oropharyngeal parts of the head and neck swallowing and sound-related important organs, often caused by swallowing and vocalization of advanced oral cancer, and caused a huge change in appearance, the patient's physical and psychological have posed a tremendous threat. In addition, advanced oral cancer, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are not good, is a temporary