Early diagnosis of lung cancer

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Lung cancer is one of the most malignant tumors that incidence rate and mortality rate increase fastest and is the most dangerous to the health and life of the population. Lung cancer patients should be early detection, so as to be able to timely medical treatment, reduce the harm of lung cancer. So, let's take a look at the early diagnosis of lung cancer.

Early diagnosis of lung cancer

One is qualitative examination, that is to say, does it have lung cancer? The methods of examination are as follows: sputum examination, tracheoscopy, mediastinoscopy, puncture biopsy, pleural effusion drainage cytology, thoracotomy biopsy and exploration, etc;

The second is location and staging, that is to say, the specific location of lung cancer, whether there is metastasis and where it has been transferred, mainly through CT scanning, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, PET-CT and bone scan imaging, to determine the location of lung cancer, whether there is metastasis and the location of metastatic focus.

Third, we can also check the blood tumor markers, such as CEA, NSE, CA125, which is helpful for the diagnosis of lung cancer.

matters needing attention

Lung cancer will not only harm the health of patients, but also bring great inconvenience to the life of patients. In order to avoid the occurrence of lung cancer, we should do a good job in the prevention of lung cancer in our life, and lung cancer patients should also actively seek medical treatment, so as not to delay the disease and increase the pain.