Can advanced lung cancer recur

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A few years ago, my sister was diagnosed with lung cancer, and it was terminal. In order to treat her disease, my family spent a lot of money and sought medical treatment everywhere. Finally, the lung cancer was under control. I was worried about recurrence and consulted the doctor. Now let me tell you whether the terminal lung cancer will recur.

Can advanced lung cancer recur

First: the reason why cancer is so difficult to deal with is mainly because of its high recurrence rate. One to three years after cancer treatment is a period of high recurrence rate. Basically, if you spend more than five years safely, the recurrence rate of cancer will be greatly reduced. Of course, whether cancer will relapse after treatment also depends on the cancer stage at that time and the recurrence rate of advanced lung cancer The early recurrence rate is much higher.

Second: lung cancer, as one of the five most serious cancers, naturally has a very high recurrence rate, and because the symptoms of lung cancer are easily mixed with the symptoms of common pneumonia and cold, patients with lung cancer symptoms often lack sensitivity, and now there is no good medical means to detect lung cancer in the early stage, so 80% of the patients have lung cancer Patients in the detection of lung cancer is basically in the late stage, even after treatment, but also regular review, in order to prevent recurrence of lung cancer.

Third: although as one of the most important means of treatment of lung cancer surgery can maximize the removal of lesions, but it does not rule out that some cancer residues will exist in blood vessels or lymph nodes, because the existence of these residues determines the high recurrence rate of lung cancer. After recurrence, some patients can be operated again. The treatment principle should be based on the patient's cardiopulmonary function and whether it can be resected.

matters needing attention

For lung cancer patients, when the condition is under control, do not take it lightly, should be in accordance with the doctor's advice to treat the disease, do not stop the drug blindly, go to the hospital regularly to review, in order to better understand the patient's situation, restore health.