How to treat squamous lung cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, also known as squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, including spindle cell carcinoma, is the most common type, accounting for 40% - 51% of primary lung cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung is more common in elderly men and is closely related to smoking. Squamous lung cancer is most likely to mutate into cancer due to chronic stimulation and injury of columnar epithelial cells of bronchial mucosa, loss of cilia, squamous metaplasia of basal cells, atypical hyperplasia and hypoplasia. However, the growth of lung squamous cell carcinoma is relatively slow, metastasis is late, surgical resection opportunities are more, and the 5-year survival rate is higher. Lung squamous cell carcinoma is less sensitive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy than small cell undifferentiated carcinoma. Now I will introduce how to treat squamous lung cancer

How to treat squamous lung cancer

There are many clinical manifestations of squamous lung cancer, mainly as follows: fever: inflammatory fever, central lung cancer tumor growth, but mostly at about 38 ℃, rarely more than 39 ℃, antibiotic treatment may be effective, shadow may be absorbed, but because of secretion drainage is not smooth, often relapse; Cough: cough is the most common symptom. For patients with smoking or chronic bronchitis, such as the aggravation of cough degree, frequency conversion, cough nature change, such as high pitched metal tone, especially in the elderly, we should be highly alert to the possibility of cancer; Sputum with blood or hemoptysis and chest pain and other clinical manifestations.

So for the treatment of squamous lung cancer, there are several aspects: 1. Chemotherapy: the first cycle of chemotherapy is more sensitive, the therapeutic effect can reach 25%, the second cycle of chemotherapy can reach 10%, and the effect is basically zero after three cycles. Chemotherapy can inhibit the hematopoietic system of bone marrow, mainly the decrease of white blood cells and platelets. Chemotherapy is divided into therapeutic chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy.

Radiotherapy: radiotherapy is the best for small cell lung cancer, followed by squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma has moderate sensitivity to radiation, the lesions are mainly local invasion, metastasis is relatively slow, so radical treatment is often used. The combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy can take concurrent chemoradiotherapy or alternative chemoradiotherapy depending on the patient's condition. 3. Surgical treatment: surgical treatment is the first choice and the most important treatment for lung squamous cell carcinoma, which can achieve the purpose of cure for early lung squamous cell carcinoma patients. So you can treat it according to your own situation and the doctor's advice.

matters needing attention

For patients with squamous lung cancer, they should always pay attention to their condition and physical condition, especially the diet. They should adjust their eating habits reasonably, such as eating more protein. Patients with lung cancer consume more, so they need 20% more protein and calories than normal people. If malnutrition has developed, more protein can be added. The best ingestion of protein is plant protein and some animal protein. In addition, we should also pay attention to the choice of low-fat, low salt and rich in vitamins and minerals, which is beneficial to the treatment and rehabilitation of lung cancer patients.