Paranasal Cancer Research Paper

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Paranasal cancer Respiratory cancer is a highly serious cancer which may be deadly or leave you severely impaired. The cancer will normally occur anywhere in the lungs, mouth, throat and nose, and if there long enough, it will spread throughout the body. Paranasal cancer is a virus in which forms a tumor in the lining of the nose. It is an infection that mainly affects your sinuses and around the eyes. Cancer.net tells that around two thousand people are being diagnosed with this cancer every year, and the cancer occurs much more often in males rather than females. Paranasal cancer develops within the tissues in the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavities. It creates a tumor which can be removed through many types of surgery depending …show more content…

But when it is unknown for sure that you have the cancer, you may get x-rays, computed tomography (CT) scans, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and numerous types of biopsies. According to cancer.net the five year survival rate with this cancer depends on which of the five stages (0 - 4) you have. With stage 0, the survival rate is around sixty three percent. With stage 2, the survival rate is sixty one percent. After spreading to the lymph nodes, which is stage 3, the rate lowers to fifty percent. And in stage four, where the cancer has spread throughout different parts of the body, the survival rate sinks down to around thirty five …show more content…

side effects include loosened fluid from the eyes, hearing loss, tooth/gum decay, drowsiness, loss of sense of smell, etc. it is smart to make frequent visits to your doctor to make sure the cancer hasn't come back to infect you again, and then have to go through the whole process again. Another very useful post-treatment idea would be to get rehabilitation of physical changes made by a maxillectomy, so you can prevent from dental decay. Sometimes maxillectomy may also cause fluid to release to the middle ear, and must be drained out. It is also very smart to find different ways to cope with many of the other side effect caused by the