Detecting nasopharyngeal cancer from headaches

Long An A 44-year-old woman had a dull pain in the top of her head and dizziness for a month, which got worse and worse. The doctor discovered nasopharyngeal cancer.

On July 31, a representative of Xuyen A Long An General Hospital said that the MRI scan results showed an abnormal mass, and the biopsy confirmed the patient had stage three nasopharyngeal cancer. This was the cause of the patient's persistent headache.

The doctor treats symptoms of headache and dizziness and advises on cancer treatment regimens by combining chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

MRI results showed an abnormal mass in the patient's left nasopharyngeal mucosa and left sphenoid sinus. Photo: Provided by the hospital

Nasopharyngeal cancer is the most common of all head and neck cancers and the fifth most common of all cancers. The disease has vague symptoms, so patients often go to the doctor and are diagnosed at a late stage. In the early stages, most patients only feel tinnitus, headache, stuffy nose, and nosebleeds.

If detected early, nasopharyngeal cancer responds very well to radiation therapy. The exact cause of the disease is not known. Many risk factors have been recorded such as EBV, HPV infection, smoking, drinking alcohol, eating fermented foods...

Doctors recommend immediate medical examination if there are signs of persistent headache, stuffy nose, tinnitus, nosebleeds or abnormal neck lymph nodes. Periodically every 6 months, ENT endoscopy is performed to detect early nasopharyngeal cancer in particular and head and neck cancer in general.

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