Treatment of advanced lung cancer

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Lung cancer is a terrible disease. My uncle suffers from lung cancer, which can cause hemoptysis in daily life. For patients with lung cancer, I will tell you about the treatment of advanced lung cancer, so that you can better treat lung cancer.

Treatment of advanced lung cancer

Treatment 1: chemotherapy is the main treatment of lung cancer, more than 90% of lung cancer patients need chemotherapy. The curative effect of chemotherapy on small cell lung cancer is positive in both early and late stage, and even about 1% of early small cell lung cancer is cured by chemotherapy.

Treatment 2: chemotherapy is also the main treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. The tumor remission rate of chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer is 40% - 50%. Chemotherapy generally can not cure non-small cell lung cancer, but can only prolong the survival and improve the quality of life of patients.

Treatment 3: chemotherapy can inhibit the hematopoietic system of bone marrow, mainly the decrease of white blood cells and platelets, which can be treated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and platelet stimulating factor. Chemotherapy is divided into therapeutic chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy.

matters needing attention

For patients with lung cancer, we must have a positive and optimistic attitude to face and treat. Radiotherapy has the best effect on small cell lung cancer, followed by squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. The radiation field of lung cancer should include the mediastinum of primary tumor and lymph node metastasis. At the same time, it should be supplemented by drug treatment.