How to treat lung cancer

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My uncle is a lung cancer patient. In fact, he should not be too pessimistic after his illness. It may be that he found out early and got good treatment. The key is scientific control. Here's how to treat lung cancer.

How to treat lung cancer

First, surgical treatment. The purpose of surgical treatment is to completely remove the primary lung cancer and local lymphoid tissue, and to retain healthy lung tissue as much as possible. For all types of lung cancer, if the focus is small, the primary tumor is confined in the bronchus, and distant metastasis has not occurred, the patient's general condition is good, and the five-year survival rate after operation can reach 50%. But most of the late stage patients, such as extensive hilar, mediastinal lymph node metastasis, pleural or pericardial metastasis, extrathoracic lymph node metastasis, or distant organ metastasis, and heart, lung, liver, kidney dysfunction, surgical treatment is not appropriate. Therefore, if we want to use surgical treatment, we should make a comprehensive assessment of the patient's condition.

Second, chemotherapeutic anticancer drugs can inhibit the growth and proliferation of cancer cells and kill cancer cells. They can be used alone for palliative treatment of patients with advanced lung cancer to relieve symptoms. In most cases, it is combined with surgery and radiotherapy to prevent cancer metastasis and recurrence and improve the long-term survival rate. In all types of lung cancer, undifferentiated small cell carcinoma is the most sensitive to anticancer drugs, followed by squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. At present, most of the chemotherapy is intermittently combined with a variety of drugs, combined with the principle of cell dynamics, to play the role of drug coordination, the treatment effect is the best.

Third: radiotherapy radiotherapy is a method of local killing cancer focus, in all types of lung cancer, undifferentiated small cell carcinoma is the most sensitive to radiotherapy, followed by squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma is the least sensitive. Most cases of lung cancer have a wide range of lesions and distant metastasis when they are definitely diagnosed. Those who are not suitable for surgical treatment should consider radiotherapy or anticancer drugs to improve symptoms and prolong life. The 3-year survival rate and 5-year survival rate were 10% and 3%, respectively.

matters needing attention

The changes of respiration, blood pressure, pulse, body temperature and consciousness were closely observed. If there is any abnormality, report to the doctor immediately and deal with it symptomatically. When the patient's condition is stable, the appropriate activities can be carried out, but to grasp the degree.