Does advanced lung cancer need chemotherapy

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Some time ago, when my uncle went to the hospital for physical examination, he found that he suffered from lung cancer, and he had reached the stage of advanced lung cancer. His family sent him to a regular hospital for treatment. After a period of treatment in the hospital, the disease has been well controlled. Now I will tell you some treatment problems about advanced lung cancer Everybody.

Does advanced lung cancer need chemotherapy

For patients with lung cancer this disease, should be timely to the regular hospital for examination and treatment, lung cancer commonly used treatment methods are: surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine treatment and different treatment methods of combined treatment. The development of treatment depends on the classification and staging of tumors.

Patients with advanced lung cancer should choose systemic chemotherapy, palliative surgery and radiotherapy. In recent years, even though the treatment of lung cancer continues to innovate and improve, the treatment effect is still not satisfactory, and the probability of recurrence and metastasis is still high. At this time, it should cooperate with traditional Chinese medicine, with less adverse reactions, less toxicity, and can relieve pain, improve the quality of life and prolong life.

The question of whether or not to continue chemotherapy is not necessary only in medicine. Elderly patients, advanced patients, lung cancer patients. But ethically, it needs a lot of consideration. In the end, the effect of chemotherapy will be poor if the money is not available in the hospital.

matters needing attention

Lung cancer is a terrible disease, and the harm to patients is also very big, for this disease, we should have a positive and optimistic attitude to face. During radiotherapy and chemotherapy, patients' diet should be mainly high calorie and high protein, such as chicken, duck, fish, shrimp, lean meat, eggs, etc. Diet should be diversified, pay attention to dietary collocation, in order to supplement each other with various nutrients and improve the body's immunity.